http://peacetraveler22.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] peacetraveler22 2016-03-31 05:17 pm (UTC)

I use "it" to refer to almost all inanimate objects, but it's true that ships are typically referred to in a feminine sense. There are a lot of explanations for this online - e.g. http://www.glossophilia.org/?p=1411
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