Comments on: Caribbean: Hurricane Names http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/05/04/caribbean-hurricane-names/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:04:52 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Will Sims http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/05/04/caribbean-hurricane-names/comment-page-1/#comment-1578947 Will Sims Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:39:18 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=72558#comment-1578947 When former Tropical Storm Erica passed by Puerto Rico, my Spanish-speaking girlfriend referred to it as "she." When I hear weather reports in English, forecasters usually call named storms and hurricanes "it," not her or him. Is it a matter of choice...her or him...or it? Thanks. When former Tropical Storm Erica passed by Puerto Rico, my Spanish-speaking girlfriend referred to it as “she.” When I hear weather reports in English, forecasters usually call named storms and hurricanes “it,” not her or him.

Is it a matter of choice…her or him…or it? Thanks.

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