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[–] Imhotep 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

My mom is Dutch but lives in France

She speaks and writes better French than 99% of Frenchmen. Better than me, and I was born here

But once in a while (excessively rarely, maybe 5 times a year) that brainiac will use the wrong gender. And boy does it sound weird

Meanwhile even the dumbest of Le Pen voters will always get it right

There's no mastering it if you're not native