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They call tea “the”. The what???

They have played us for absolute fools.

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Thé*

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ptsd flashbacks intensify

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Years of research and development and yet no practical use found for words having gender. They have played us for absolute fools!

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And worse, even native speakers don’t know them all. It’s 50/50 whether it’s un or une airplane, bus, trampoline…, depending of the speaker.

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Am French, can confirm, gendered languages (there are lots of these!) would probably be better without them… But eh, languages in general are not known to be logical and practical. And English is not an exception!

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Yeah English is really silly. I can only apologise for through / though / thought etc. The ough did used to make sense in pronunciation, but has long since fallen out of use.

Any good resources spring to mind for learning French btw? I’ve been smashing through Duolingo but it’s a 6/10 at best tbh.

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Some say gender can distinguish between similar-sounding words and what a pronoun refers to.

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