User talk:Beachedwhale1945

Welcome[edit]

Hello, Beachedwhale1945, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

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Would you...[edit]

...care to explain this edit...? - wolf 19:15, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I did in the description: "In English feminine pronouns are used for ships." Go look at most US Navy warship entries on the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships and you'll find feminine pronouns are used extensively.

Examples chosen at random:

https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/enterprise-cvan-65-viii-1961-1965.html

https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/little-rock.html

https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/s-2.html Beachedwhale1945 (talk) 23:53, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

So why then are you removing them? (repeatedly?) - wolf 00:26, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Because I'm an idiot who misread which was which. Beachedwhale1945 (talk) 14:56, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Lolz. Mistakes happen. - wolf 15:34, 23 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]