Should "Computer" Be a Masculine or Feminine Noun?

A Spanish teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.

"House" for instance is feminine. "La casa" "Pencil" however, is masculine. "el lAipiz" a student asked, "What gender is 'computer'?"

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether "computer" should be a masculine or a feminine noun

Each group was asked to give four reasons for it's recommendation.

The men's group decided that "computer" should defintiely be of the feminine gender ("la computadora") because:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is imcomprehensible to everyone else.
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be masculine ("el computador") because:
1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time, they ARE the problem
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model

Needless to say

The women won

HAHAHAHAHA!!! GO WOMEN!!!!!!

Oh my god that's hilarious =D

Those are both really good. Too funny.

I wonder what gender the teacher was.

lol THAT was funny. it made my day.

Very nice, funny

I love it!!

lol, I'm glad you guys like it

lmaaaaaaaoooooooo

haha that made my day

that was great! =]

Ciao

Hehe. Hilarious!

Oh my. That was not what I was expecting.

I take German, they too have female and male gendered nouns.

I was ready to debate my side and then I go and read that.
Well, you can imagine my surprise. =/ Lol.

Thanks for the laugh. =]

xTheEcstasyOfSuicidex

yer in german its der(masculine) computer

Haha, this is great!

nice :p

Its quite sad...you can get boys horney over talking about salad...*sighs* But you gotta love them...im a chick btw...

SALAD?!?!?! This one I have to hear

der salat so its masculine

Lmao...im serious...if you have your boy friend over...just say...''would yo like some salad?'' Lol. I love boyz...and the whole salad thing is a long story with one of my friends...

I knew that,it's 50% feminine 50% masculine i think:)

That's funny! I just left spanish class too!!

lol, salad.. that is a new one by me... hmmm.. must be the lettuce, lmao! That still cracks me up. lol, it may be a long story, but I've got lots of time! lol, salad.... wow..

That is flipping hilarious.

haha that made me laugh!

laugh is also a boy word if u wanna say the laugh its der lachen

back to the original question...should defenately be feminine...i mean...why else would it cause us so many troubles and headaches:)

lol, it was a joke. But I'm glad you guys like it!