Re: Sue(was: Running T. rex)

[Darryl Jones <dinoguy@sympatico.ca>]

At 12:26 PM 12/24/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> Chris Brochu wrote:
> > And Sue is an "it," not a "she."
> ************************
> Sue has a feminine nickname.
>
> If ship captains can refer to their ships(which certainly is an *it*) in the
> feminine gender, we should call Sue, she, if we so desire.


Ships are inanimate objects.  They have no gender.  "Sue" is a 
dinosaur.  It did have gender.  We have no idea what it was/is, despite 
what Pete Larson said originally (the whole "first chevron" stuff).  Chris 
Brochu has studied "Sue" in more detail than any other researcher.  He 
wrote a paper on the specimen that has been eagerly awaited by many (myself 
included) for some time now.  I will read his conclusions and look at the 
evidence he gives for the lack of any gender characteristics in this 
skeleton.  I will compare it to what Pete Larson wrote before the skeleton 
was prepped.  I will see who has the more compelling evidence.  I know who 
I am more inclined to believe, but we shall see.

I am sure Dr. Brochu made the statement he did to try to stop the 
perpetuation of the myth of a definite gender identity in this particular 
specimen.

If you still think "it" should be referred to as "she", state your evidence 
and I will consider it.



Darryl Jones  <dinoguy@sympatico.ca>

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