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  1. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    Je Suis un Pleb.
     
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  2. monacoger

    monacoger POTY 2021

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    *une
     
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  3. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    *un

    ...dependant upon the male/female context of the phrase.

    Only the froggies would have a language so stupid that actual words have gender. Why complicate it? Kick her in the **** and be done, that's how proper linguists do it.
     
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  4. Otto Flayshow

    Otto Flayshow Well-Known Member

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    Around a quarter of the world's languages split their nouns into different genders - including the 2 most closely related to English (Dutch and German).
     
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  5. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    I didny know that. Clearly am not a cunning linguist.
     
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  6. Bib Fortuna's Maw

    Bib Fortuna's Maw Well-Known Member

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    As far as I know, though, the French are the only ones to have an Academy that decides whether new words should be accepted as French or designated as masculine or feminine.

    It's on the Seine - cannae mind the name of it.

    Edit: and I'm a pure Francophile...
     
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  7. gas

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    ^^^^^

    Cheese eating surrender monkey.
     
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  8. gas

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    Ne vous inquiétez pas, tous ces cons étrangers apprennent à parler anglais de toute façon. <ok>
     
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  9. Stan

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    Ou est la plume de ma tante?
     
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  10. Girvan Loyal 1690

    Girvan Loyal 1690 Nobody's safe now

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    i want to pump a frenchy
     
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  11. Bib Fortuna's Maw

    Bib Fortuna's Maw Well-Known Member

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    That is what Francophile means, isn't it?

    Seriously but, I do want to hear "j'aime votre boabie" at some point <ok>
     
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  12. Bib Fortuna's Maw

    Bib Fortuna's Maw Well-Known Member

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    "Dans mon buton de sherrif"
     
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  13. Mind The Duck

    Mind The Duck Well-Known Member

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    I had more than one reason

    You thought your dole money would go up :-S
     
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  14. Rubber Johnny

    Rubber Johnny Well-Known Member

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