Ships are now "it," not "she"

[Bob Haas]

TALK OF THE NATION just did a segment on this style change.  Probably took
up the last five or ten minutes of the 2:00 hour.

On 3/20/02 1:00 PM, "Bapopik at AOL.COM" <Bapopik at AOL.COM> wrote:

> SHIPS--Lloyd's List has changed from "she" to "it."  The story is in the
> Financial Times and also on CNN.com.  Queen Elizabeth II?  "It"??


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Bob Haas
Department of English
High Point University

"Wherever you go, there you are."