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bombcar 13 hours ago

It could be, or you could consider it to be like a ship, in which case it is she!

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freedomben 12 hours ago | parent [-]

ha! I stand corrected :-)

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bombcar 12 hours ago | parent [-]

The most amusing to me is that British English considers a company a collective noun, and says "Apple are going to make an iPod" whereas the US considers it a singular entity and says "Apple is going to make an iPod".

	▲	freedomben 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		heh, great point, I never noticed that, but now I don't think I can unsee it. Consistency ftw