Ferrari Mailing List: Re: No Longer Looking to Buy a Ferrari

[Steve Jenkins (steve]

In all Latin-based languages (which have gender-specific nouns) the
automobile is always feminine (c'est une automobile en francais, par
example)

And there are PLENTY of reasons why. ;)

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Lindsay [mailto:rolindsay [at] yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 5:15 AM
To: Steve Jenkins
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] No Longer Looking to Buy a Ferrari

In these notes, the '81 GTSi is repeatedly referred to
as 'she'.  I have never done this, not to say that
doing so is wrong, but is this typical?  Do you guys
anthropomorphize your cars as well?  Last time I
checked, my cars were just machines.  Then again I
call our dog, 'dog' and our cat, 'cat'.  I'm sure they
have names but I don't seem to use them. :-P

Congratulations!  The 308 is a wonderful experience!

rick
PS: No, I am not flameing, just questioning.
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