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I'm not english mother tongue. Is there an objective reason for the vehicle to be referred with the feminine pronoun, or is it a writer's personal preference to attribute sex to things? Also, I noticed this attitude with other "big and massive" military equipment too. [[User:Medende|Medende]] ([[User talk:Medende|talk]]) 03:03, 18 February 2012 (UTC) |
I'm not english mother tongue. Is there an objective reason for the vehicle to be referred with the feminine pronoun, or is it a writer's personal preference to attribute sex to things? Also, I noticed this attitude with other "big and massive" military equipment too. [[User:Medende|Medende]] ([[User talk:Medende|talk]]) 03:03, 18 February 2012 (UTC) |
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-It's customary to refer to ships (and airships) with the feminine pronoun. [[Special:Contributions/72.224.172.14|72.224.172.14]] ([[User talk:72.224.172.14|talk]]) 13:03, 30 September 2014 (UTC) |
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Hello! I find it strange that none of the airplanes where ordered to inspect the initial damage 4pm local time and 1200kilo times 5 for the planes is also a considerate weight which could have delayed the crash, took several hours inbetween the crash and first inital damage. Well, hindsight is 20/20. RGDS Alexmcfire
Some effort was made to jettison the planes, but they could not be freed; perhaps they were jammed by the large angle of hull inclination. I agree it's hard to believe they couldn't have been freed with axes. There were a number of missed opportunities to save the ship. For example, the two after engines (out of 8) weighed 2300 kg between them and would have supplied a strong righting moment if hacked free with axes and allowed to tear free from the ship. fnj2, 06:32, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
How big were they?
They were so big...but were they "largest"? Longest, greatest volume, greatest lift? Some clarification would be welcome. TREKphiler hit me ♠ 19:26, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
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I'm not english mother tongue. Is there an objective reason for the vehicle to be referred with the feminine pronoun, or is it a writer's personal preference to attribute sex to things? Also, I noticed this attitude with other "big and massive" military equipment too. Medende (talk) 03:03, 18 February 2012 (UTC) -It's customary to refer to ships (and airships) with the feminine pronoun. 72.224.172.14 (talk) 13:03, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
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