Recently, I visited a computer shop to buy an adaptor for a PC connection. It required to be the reverse of my existing one. This had a cluster of prongs at the small end and a hole grid at the large end.Explaining my need, I offered it to the shop assistant, a seemingly personable young lady. She studied it without success. I took a chance on offending her susceptibilities by resorting to trade descriptions. I described the pronged end of the adaptor as the male end and the opposite one as the …
