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Originally Posted by gary_580
She?? She SHEEEEEEEEEE, Le Avion, not LA
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Actually it l'avion - and yes, that's a 'masculine' noun, but like with ships etc. aircraft are usually referred to as 'she'. (In the English speaking world, anyway)
Just see what happens when someone tries to do away with that:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/...omy/138678.stm
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So when the company's newspaper, Lloyd's List, ventured to suggest that ships should no longer be called "she", a tempest was unleashed. Now the publication has accepted that "for the considerable future", ships will be "she".
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