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   From: no.spam@no.spam   
      
   On 10/8/2011 6:17 PM, Stan Brown wrote:   
      
   > Perhaps the Elves of Middle-earth called the Moon "he" simply because   
   > they could see a man's face in it. :-)  In that case the Sun would be   
   > "she" just to be opposite. :-)   
      
   Surely JRRT knew this poem, in which the genders are the opposite:   
      
   The sun was shining on the sea,   
       Shining with all his might:   
   He did his very best to make   
       The billows smooth and bright--   
   And this was odd, because it was   
       The middle of the night.   
      
   The moon was shining sulkily,   
       Because she thought the sun   
   Had got no business to be there   
       After the day was done--   
   "It's very rude of him," she said,   
       "To come and spoil the fun!"   
      
   SQ   
      
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