Thar It Blows! Arrrr!

Pirates and Sailors around the world lamented the loss of sex in their ships as Lloyd's List will refer to ships as 'it' not 'she' henceforth. I guess this means Captain Kirk will have to be edited to say "Take it out, Mr. Sulu!" instead of "Take her out, Mr. Sulu!" in old Star Trek episodes set in the future. Unlike the Finnish language which has no gender, the English language leaves much room for hilarity in this change :)

permalink Ω 20 March 2002, Helsinki