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Re:Finnish as a world language? by umanwizard on Saturday August 27, 2022 @04:09PM (#32622703)
To me, any use of “she” to refer to ships (or countries, or whatever other inanimate things people sometimes call “she”) sounds dated, weird, and somewhat poetic/figurative. I suspect this usage is almost totally dying out among the younger generations.
Re:Finnish as a world language? by CRConrad on Saturday August 27, 2022 @05:11PM (#32623246)
> dated, weird, and somewhat poetic/figurative.

Yeah, that's me.

> almost totally dying out

That too.

> among the younger generations.

That's not me.