Why people refer to their guns as "her"? Seems really weird to me. My guns are non-gender. Just guns.
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nearlynormalmike
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In a similar thought it may be that if you end up on the wrong side of "her" you will experience a SERIOUS problem.
Rapidray
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Think it go backs to sailing ships...
Ships are a sailors home away from home. They have to keep her ship shape and the ship would take care of them. The term usage probably just carried over to other areas. Just a guess. Now had you asked me about "the grave yard shift" or "saved by the bell" I could have given you a 100% correct answer!
Ships are a sailors home away from home. They have to keep her ship shape and the ship would take care of them. The term usage probably just carried over to other areas. Just a guess. Now had you asked me about "the grave yard shift" or "saved by the bell" I could have given you a 100% correct answer!
You shouldn't anthropomorphize inanimate objects. They don't like it.
Dragon88
Member
It's just like cars or ships or planes. Men like to give things they love female personas. 
Ashlander
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In German many nouns for inanimate objects are given gender designation by the form of their word for "the" (der, die, das). In German the word pistole is feminine; i.e., die pistole.
English, as with German, is a teutonic language, so I suppose some of that feminizing of certain nouns for inanimate objects carried over.
English, as with German, is a teutonic language, so I suppose some of that feminizing of certain nouns for inanimate objects carried over.
Gman56
Member
Cause I personally don't like to admire and fondle guys.
But that's just me......
Jim
+1 well said!! Jimi
bamabiker
Member
Cause I personally don't like to admire and fondle guys.
But that's just me......
Jim
Nor do I want to stick a guy in my pants.
JJEH
Member
All my s&w revolvers get female names simply because they are beautiful.semi auto's well that's a different story.my rifle's get men's names because I have to depend on them in the field.sound's weird but so am I.happy shootin my friend.
