pronouns for inanimate objects Recently I watched the movie "It"(i watched in russian). And now i have a question about scene when Bill making a papper boat for his brother. He told that this boat "she". I find this part in the book. Here : I wish you could come," George said. He really did. Bill sometimes got bossy after awhile, but he always had the coolest ideas and he hardly ever hit. "It's your boat, really. "She," Bill said. "You call boats sh-she." "She, then. Yes, I know that you can call your cats, dogs, birds etc "she"/"he". (maybe your car if you love it so much :)) But why Bill said it about toy which he done just now?