My car

I cannot really decide if I want to sell it or not, but I guess it makes sense to do so. Here is the car Palmer has named Matty the Mazda. He is for sale.

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Anonymous said…
Keep it unless you need the money or a new car. BTW, ALL Vehicles are a "SHE" NOT "HE"...you Never hear a mechanic, etc...say "Get under him".
May 20, 2011 at 7:24 PM
Lissy said…
The Icelandic word for car is "bíll" which is grammatically male (adjectives for it conjugate the same was as adjectives for horses and men and a bunch of other words). So Icelanders use the male pronoun when talking about their cars, i.e., they say "he".
May 20, 2011 at 9:17 PM
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