C.S. Lewis said the problems between men and woman can be boiled down to the fact women do not have nouns in their vocabulary.
Wife (When you are in another room: Dear can you do this?
Husband: Do what?
Wife: This!
SHE: “It’s right there in the kitchen.” (The kitchen has 5 large appliances and 50 shelves within 22 cupboards.)
HE: “Where in the kitchen?”
SHE (leaving her chair): “Why can’t men ever find anything themselves?”
HE (under his breath): “Mission accomplished.”
C.S. Lewis said the problems between men and woman can be boiled down to the fact women do not have nouns in their vocabulary.
Wife (When you are in another room: Dear can you do this?
Husband: Do what?
Wife: This!
The quote is from That Hideous Strength, and ties the the comments above together nicely:
"The cardinal difficulty," said MacPhee, " in collaboration between the sexes is that women speak a language without nouns. If two men are doing a bit of work one will say to the other, ' Put this bowl inside the bigger bowl which you'll find on the top shelf of the green cupboard.' The female for this is, ' Put that in the other one in there.' There is consequently a phatic hiatus."