"The secret of HIS nose" is correct? (the nose of a train)

I watched a video which title is "団子鼻新幹線の秘密 The secret of his nose : Shinkansen 0 series". I would like to know if the title of this video is correct.

Shinkansen is a train, a vehicle, a thing, an object. Is right to use "his" for objects like trains?

Everything is possible in art - trains can be personified and have noses.:lol:

Hi,

Most often, ships are referred to as 'she', as well as cars and motorbikes (my bike's name was 'Mafalda', after the Argentinian comic strip character). So I don't see why a train can't be referred to as 'he'.

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Most of the engines on Sodor are male.

I didn't know it. Can I use "his" or "her" for objects?

What is the way to know if I must use "his" or "her"? Can I say "The secret of her nose"?

How can I know if an object is he or she?

Most objects are "it" unless we have an emotional attachment to them, as many people do for their cars. Ships are "she."

When things are given human characteristics (Thomas the Tank Engine, for example - I don't know Sodor), then they take human pronouns.

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Originally Posted by Barb_D

Thomas the Tank Engine, for example - I don't know Sodor

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I gave the link in post #4. Sodor is where Thomas lives and works.

Oops. One does not simply link into Sodor!
(LOTR reference there.).

We cannot use "his" or"her" as it is not a human . I think, there must be used "its head", I am also not sure about "nose".

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Originally Posted by HelenaHaden

We cannot use "his" or"her" as it is not a human .

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We can, in some contexts, as several native speakers have pointed out.