The Corvette: He or She?
09-28-2011, 03:46 PM
#1
The Corvette: He or She?
Not wanting to start a verbal bashing session, I am just curious as why owners refer to their Vette as he or she(most use this one). I am well aware that referencing to cars as "she" originated from men referring to their vessels/ships etc as such and it got carried over to automobiles, at least that's the explanation given online.
Coming from a Nissan 350z(originally dubbed "fairlady Z") I understand why the Z is dubbed feminine even though I still referred to my Z as masculine, because aside from the historical debadging of the "fairlady" moniker, there's nothing feminine about it.
I know the movie gone in 60 secs has also helped continue the practice as we all know the infamous "Eleanor". But I would just like to get other Vette owners comments on what they prefer and why. Again, not trying to start verbal warfare, just want to understand the paradigm of other Vette owners.
As for me, I refer to my Vette as masculine as there is nothing feminine about the car to me. The car is a Beast in every aspect. I view feminine cars as v6 mustangs, accords, scions, tiburons etc...
Coming from a Nissan 350z(originally dubbed "fairlady Z") I understand why the Z is dubbed feminine even though I still referred to my Z as masculine, because aside from the historical debadging of the "fairlady" moniker, there's nothing feminine about it.
I know the movie gone in 60 secs has also helped continue the practice as we all know the infamous "Eleanor". But I would just like to get other Vette owners comments on what they prefer and why. Again, not trying to start verbal warfare, just want to understand the paradigm of other Vette owners.
As for me, I refer to my Vette as masculine as there is nothing feminine about the car to me. The car is a Beast in every aspect. I view feminine cars as v6 mustangs, accords, scions, tiburons etc...
09-28-2011, 03:58 PM
#8
Le Mans Master
09-28-2011, 04:00 PM
#9
Team Owner
Mine is just "The Vette".
...kinda funny
09-28-2011, 04:45 PM
#20
In many other languages, all nouns -- not just people & animals -- have a gender and are thus referred to with the pronouns "he", "she" or "it". I would bet that some of the non-neuter pronouns used for cars probably carried over from non-native English speakers reverting to the form of their native European languages. E.g. "My car, she is broken!"