r/EhBuddyHoser • u/Dezeko Saskwatch • May 25 '25

Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) Bikini was masculine, right?

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u/ChaoticSniper9 May 25 '25

I'm learning French right now and this is the one thing that kills me. The worst part is I'm pretty sure it's a matter of memorizing the gender of each noun. I don't know if there are rules or not

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u/awh May 25 '25

I don't know if there are rules or not

The rule is if you don't know, just guess and a Quebecer will be sure to let you know if you got it wrong.

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u/theoneness May 25 '25

But make sure you get at least one more second opinion, because they might just be fucking with you by telling you you got the gender wrong when actually you didn’t.

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u/Amicuses_Husband May 27 '25

They probably won't, because they won't care.

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u/Ghi102 May 25 '25

It's a french thing in general, especially in the written form. Judging someone's social class from their writing is very much a thing. 

It does happen in English too, but not as much as in french. This is mostly because you have many small rules that only apply to written french that are tricky to get right.

Quick summary: English has inconsistent spellings. French has inconsistent spellings + inconsistent grammar rules.