[Ads-l] locomotives as female

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Latin "navis" is feminine too; but in that system no one could have thought
> much of it.
>

As has been pointed out, "Honi soit qui mal y pense."


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