[Ads-l] locomotives as female

[Joel Berson]

Jon, where in the OED did you find "she" for a ship from Barbour's _Bruce_, 1375?  It's not under "she" 2.a, where the earliest quotation seems to be "c1380   Sir Ferumbras" (although close enough to 1375 for government work).  I don't plan to search the 1951 quotations from that work in the OED!
Joel



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 From: Amy West <medievalist at W-STS.COM>
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [ADS-L] locomotives as female
 

On 4/21/15 12:00 AM, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Date:    Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:20:25 -0400
> From:    Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: locomotives as female
>
> OED's earliest "she" for a ship is from Barbour's_Bruce_  of 1375.
>
> JL
Thanks for doing my homework for me. :-) That early does surprise me.

---Amy West

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