Posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on March 25, 2002 at 10:25:08 from 195.93.50.169:
In Reply to: Re: Ships as "she" posted by Robert Hill on March 21, 2002 at 21:39:55:
(On "Lloyd's List", that is to say) and I submit the question to Tarboard.
My own inclination is to refer to ships which generate some form of emotional response as "she" and to refer to ships which do not produce such a reaction, at least in me, as "it".
What do you suggest?