thetonestarr said:
Oyvoyvoyv said:
The OP is right, but for all the wrong reasons. Well, not entirely correct, but still.
How come? Well, look at it this way.
A boat is female.
A house is female.
A country is female
A company is female.
Nintendo is a company.
Nintendo is female.
Females are queens.
So he just worded himself stupidly.
"In a few years, Nintendo will not be the handheld gaming king" would have been fine, and correct.
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That logic only applies in languages that give gender to nongendered objects.
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But it couldn't be king either, as king suggests it is male.