Google is OHA ??

[Elena Ostrovskaya]

Well, I always decline it as a masculine, and so does everybody I
know. It  has nothing to do with Microsoft rules and regulations, just
spoken language. The case with Bangladesh (undeclinable and feminine)
is definitely an analogue: those who happen to mention the country are
most likely to do it in declinable masculine, unless they actually
know this rule. But the difference is obvious: very few people will
mention Bangladesh in their daily lives, while something like "А в
Гугле ты смотрел?"  can be heard hundreds of times every day.

Elena Ostrovskaya.

2010/10/18 John Dunn <j.dunn at slavonic.arts.gla.ac.uk>:

> An analogous instance is the name of the country Бангладеш, which is also feminine and indeclinable.  The only explanation that I have ever come across for this is that the gender was determined by the generic term республика.  As far as I know (and, as ever, I wait to be corrected), it remains the only country name ending in a consonant to be treated in this way.  Even more recently coined names, such as Кот-д'Ивуар (which seems to have replaced earlier Берег Слоновой Кости) appear to be declinable: сборная Кот-д'Ивуара (and not, bearing in mind a previous discussion, *Кота д'Ивуар!).
>
> John Dunn.
>

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