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12 years of french in school but never figured it out

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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

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There is actually, it's called Académie Française

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

Doh, we simulcasted

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