Re: Why are ships and boats called "her" ?

From: bruce C. Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 09 2006 - 11:34:00 PST

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John is right, now all I have to do is break the news to my source of
information..........

Here is the link:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mail_Ship>

Bruce

J. Forster wrote:

>Google it. Royal Mail Ship wins.
>-John
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>Bruce C. Beattie wrote:
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>>Almost, but no cigar.
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>>RMS = Royal Merchant Ship
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>>My wife says she is pretty sure about this.
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>>Bruce
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>>Dave Merchant wrote:
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>>>RMS = Royal Mail Ship, such as RMS Titanic.
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>>>Dave Merchant
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