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She...her for countries?
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 3:41 pm
by Metamorfose
Sebastian passed into legend as a great Portuguese patriot and hero - the 'sleeping King' who would return to help Portugal in her darkest hour, on a misty day."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastianism
What can you say about this?
José
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:00 pm
by ssean
Not much really, except that in some old fashioned texts countries when substituted with pronouns take feminine form, maybe something to do with referring to countries as motherlands/fatherlands. The same applies to ships and in New Zealand cars, e.g she's a good runner, indicating the car is in a good condition.
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:15 pm
by zsanya
Can we refer to all countries as she/her in English?
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 11:45 pm
by Tara B
There's at least one more--
God bless America, land that I love
Stand beside her, and guide her
Through the night with a light from above
From the mountains, to the praries
To the oceans white with foam
God bless America, my home sweet home
God bless America, my home sweet home.
TB