NACA Political Jokes Page

[icowden]

He's still talking like Swiss Tony.

Nope. Countries are female.

I refer you to the works of Benny and Bjorn re Soviet Russia
"She is the constant - we who don't fail. And you ask me - will I leave her? But how? I cross over borders but I'm still there now."

 

[Beebo]

Nope. Countries are female.

I refer you to the works of Benny and Bjorn re Soviet Russia
"She is the constant - we who don't fail. And you ask me - will I leave her? But how? I cross over borders but I'm still there now."

Some might even say Mother Russia.

 

[icowden]

Some might even say Mother Russia.

Indeed.

While countries usually are founded by fathers rather than mothers, the country itself as one's native land in which one is born, is connected with motherhood and the fertility of the land itself, and is therefore often grammatically feminine,

 

[winjim]

Nope. Countries are female.

I refer you to the works of Benny and Bjorn re Soviet Russia
"She is the constant - we who don't fail. And you ask me - will I leave her? But how? I cross over borders but I'm still there now."

I don't think one ought to personify a state, particularly when that state is in the process of slaughtering actual people. It has the effect of dehumanising the victims, and is particularly dangerous rhetoric when applied to the name 'Israel', given the historical and biblical origins of that name.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Some might even say Mother Russia.

And then there’s the Fatherland…

 

[Rusty Nails]

Has anyone had the decency to ask Israel which pronouns it prefers to use?

Now that is an important issue at this time.

 

[matticus]

Has anyone had the decency to ask Israel which pronouns it prefers to use?

Now that is an important issue at this time.

Just check their email signature.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Nope. Countries are female.

Germans, Scandies, and Netherlanders may disagree.

 

[icowden]

Germans, Scandies, and Netherlanders may disagree.

I think a lot of Germans find the "fatherland" a bit problematic due to the negative associations with that bloke with the tache. Don't know much about Scandinavia and the Netherlands in that respect.

But generally countries are referred to as she as they are our place of birth. Our birth right etc.

 

[C R]

I think a lot of Germans find the "fatherland" a bit problematic due to the negative associations with that bloke with the tache. Don't know much about Scandinavia and the Netherlands in that respect.

But generally countries are referred to as she as they are our place of birth. Our birth right etc.

In Galician, Portuguese and Spanish it is patria, from the Latin pater, father, so fatherland. But because the word ends in a, it is feminine. Figure that one out.

 

[Ian H]

In Galician, Portuguese and Spanish it is patria, from the Latin pater, father, so fatherland. But because the word ends in a, it is feminine. Figure that one out.

Gender-fluid countries.

 

[matticus]

In Galician, Portuguese and Spanish it is patria, from the Latin pater, father, so fatherland. But because the word ends in a, it is feminine. Figure that one out.

Woke nonsense.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

In Galician, Portuguese and Spanish it is patria, from the Latin pater, father, so fatherland. But because the word ends in a, it is feminine. Figure that one out.

Similar in French - la patrie and Italian - la patria. Resolutely combining masculine and feminine. The Germans, however, somehow managed to make Vaterland neuter.

 

[BoldonLad]

Seen today, one of the comments was "yes, but, had he paid for the trousers the pockets were in?"

 

[Mr Celine]