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Trump becomes first US president to visit Western Wall
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wesleyshark
Banned
Did he leave a copy of the electoral map in the wall?
Dead Prince
Banned
Add another bullet point including his win to all future speeches
Garrett Hawke
Member
LOL
Imperial Bishop
Banned
"It's an okay wall. Won't hold a candle to one I'll build. I guarantee it."
Guessing that means he is a terrible person, but not the AntiChrist* or a demon in disguise.
*Not actually sure if the AntiChrist would be affected by a Jewish religious wall or not.
Pilgrimzero
Member
Why is the least religious president in history the first to visit this place?
Dead Prince
Banned
Appear normal
Dude Abides
Banned
Bannon immediately tendered his resignation.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
This makes everyone look cheap: religion, the office of the presidency, and Trump himself.
I guess it doesn't matter who you are and what your character is .... as long as you touch a magic wall, you somehow get social currency.
I guess it doesn't matter who you are and what your character is .... as long as you touch a magic wall, you somehow get social currency.
SolarPowered
Member
My thoughts exactly.
Astral Dog
Member
Im confused is this good news?
wesleyshark
Banned
/spat
Non-native speaker here. Wall is feminine ? Shouldn't it be " it " ?
nabe_shogun
Member
No, but you can give any object any gender, but normally it would be "it"
Depends, in spanish Muro is masculine and. Muralla is feminine
They both mean big fucking wall.
It could be, but people often assign female pronouns to things like boats, cars, etc.
Technically correct but it's not uncommon to designate a ship as a she, for example. You commonly hear sailors refer to their ship as a girl.
Reptars Revenge
Member
I'll take 2,000
First sitting President to visit West Wall, this is historic thing.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Grammatically speaking yes, objects in English do not have genders. However sometimes people will gender objects for comedic (like this) or sentimental (in the past sailors have named their ships as women) effect
Shadow Puppetry
Member
Looks like he's ready to get down with that wall.
just a bit of anthropomorphism, with a bit of a zinger behind it because trump is touching it
Wyndstryker
Member
Taking notes on how to build his border wall.
Permanently A
Junior Member
In English objects don't have genders like they do in other languages. The reason the poster used "her secrets" here was to make the joke funnier, by personifying (making the object like a person) the wall, implying the wall is some old lady with untold wisdom.
chrisPjelly
Member
((((Trump))))
Seriously tho. The fact that this happened makes zero sense, ESPECIALLY when you take into account the leaked Intel situation
Words don't have grammatical gender in English, so normally "it" would be used. In this case the gendered pronoun is being used as a stylistic device to anthropomorphize the wall.
JoJoShabadoo
Member
Since we're speaking about grammar instead of Trump, technically speaking you mean inanimate objects, as the object of a sentence can be animate and as such have a gender.
#Semantics
mashoutposse
Ante Up
What's up with the parentheses?
CountAntonius
Member
Maybe Trump would be a good test to settle whatever is actually the One True Religion. In which case, uh, sorry Jews. Yours wasn't it.
We should have a Trump touch the Pope and Kaba next. Ooh, this is so exciting!
Pagusas
Elden Member
You ever heard someone refer to their car with "isn't she beautiful?" Or notice how some boats are given female names? We like to personify things, and as women are the most beautiful and cherished of things, we use their gender in association with things we love.
Neither. It's envy.
Netherscourge
Banned
I'm surprised he didn't fall asleep looking at it.
He probably didn't know a single thing about that wall until Spicer briefed him on it.
He probably didn't know a single thing about that wall until Spicer briefed him on it.