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12 years of french in school but never figured it out

is there a panel of French aristocrats who decide what each new item's gender is? Curious how they figure this out, seems... tricky.

There is actually, it's called Académie Française

There is actually, it's called Académie Française

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/16/world/academie-franciase-covid-feminine-trnd/index.html

🍻 i only know that because there's an Italian equivalent (obviously) 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accademia_della_Crusca

It's been instrumental in keeping Italy in the 1600s

Thats really interesting, I didnt know that. Thanks for sharing! :)

Doh, we simulcasted

The section titled “Alleged conservatism” is very telling. Someone started calling a female minister “la ministre” and the Académie said “nope”