Gender

[Dave Eaton]

louis-alain,
 
very well said.  i must also confess that your english is a damn sight
better than my french. which was only briefly passable for a time when moi
was en francais.  back in the mists of time.  actually - try rocking up to a
regional airport in southern france, 2 days after the rainbow warrior
(french) spies were caught. and you're from from nouvelle zealand.  but i
digress...
 
nevertheless, i must point out that my cars have had both genders, and have
never, ever, been an "it".
 
my ur-quattro 20v, was a garage queen, with a malicious streak ­ the first
time i washed her i got a scratch - so she was "christine".  thank you
stephen....
 
however, my rs2 was butch. and 2 personalities. i called him arnold.  most
of the time.  sometimes he became arnie.  'enuf said...
 
my s8 was ³jennifer².  more show than go.  usually...
 
my current car, the rs6, is "michael".  as in michael jones aka "ice".
google it...

so there you go, 2 of one, & 2 of the other.  it's a draw...
 
all the best
dave
'03 rs6
'04 allroad tdi

> From: Louis-Alain Richard <laraa at sympatico.ca>
> 
> Vincent,
> 
> I guess from your name that you are from Quebec, like me, or at least a
> French-speaking person.
> 
> Welcome aboard.
> 
> Now, listers, you may not know that, but all inanimate objects in French
> have indeed a gender, and there is no equivalent for "it". Only he or she. A
> table, a watch, a rifle or a car are feminine. A truck, a necklace or even a
> breast are masculine. This may explain why us, when writing or speaking in
> English, tend to use gender-based words in our sentences. It still happen to
> me numerous times when I have to speak in English after a few weeks without.
> 
> 
> Vincent, the boys and girls here are immensely helpful regarding the Audi
> cars, but since this list is around since, what, 1994?, they (and I too) are
> a bit old fashioned. Nothing negative, but we like complete sentences, good
> English, clear questions or point of views, and polite behavior.
> 
> Emails are notorious for being insensitive, even with a lol or a :-), so we
> generally keep the conversations very low-profile. You won't see any insults
> or strong words on this list, this is not a blog or a forum, that's why the
> majority of us uses our real names and email address.
> 
> I've been around since 2001, and plan to be here for at least another 10
> years at least. In fact, I'd like to get that new Sport Quattro show car
> that Audi presented last week in Paris. It may take me that time to collect
> the money for it...
> 
> Again, welcome. 
> 
> Louis-Alain
> 1983 Audi urQuattro,
> Montreal PQ