[B7L] Orac and pronouns

This is going back a few days, but Ensor uses 'he' of Orac in the eponymous episode, as does Avon in the same episode.

I suppose it could also be argued that it is a 'human tendency' to refer to 'that using a male/female' voice by the appropriate gender.

(nb. if eponym is for 'named after/derived from' a person, toponym for a place, what is the word for 'things', ideas etc: eg the word 'bolshie' derives from 'Bolshevik')

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