Re: Personification

[Nora Merhar <nora -at- helloworld -dot- sh>]

Don't know if this has anything to do with it, but it used to be quite common 
to refer to young children and animals as "it", even if they had a known 
gender. And it's not necessarily personifying the robots to give them human 
names--it could just be simplifying. It's easier to refer to "Stanley" than 
to "Unirobot 65G37A/REV0003"--it could be the robot's "kennel name"--refer to 
my signature below for "registered" vs. "kennel" names ;-) 

> > Why bother personifying them with human names if one's going to refer
> > to an individual robot as an "it"?

-- 
Nora
nora -at- helloworld -dot- sh
and the rescue Shelties U-ACH Cary, CGC, OA, OAJ, EAC-V, EJC-V, OGC-V, RV-N, 
PDII (retired) (technically an "it")
U-ACH Secondhand Charlie, CGC, MX, MXJ, NAP, NJP, EAC, EJC, OGC, RS-N, MAD, 
RM, JM, R1MCL, ONYX (also technically an "it")
and non-rescue Remy, a.k.a. Boldligo Palisades Night Watch, FM, OA, OAJ (most 
definitely a "he", and boy does he know it!)


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