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Re:Ruby removed “Participants will be tolerant of opposing v... by Zababa on Friday October 01, 2021 @07:33AM (#28717105)
The thing is, since we don't have a separate neutral in French, masculine is also used for neutral. Which means it isn't that weird when we use masculine for groups with women, as we also use genders for everyday objects. A desk is masculine for some reason, and a table feminine.
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Re:Ruby removed “Participants will be tolerant of opposing v... by BrandoElFollito on Friday October 01, 2021 @07:37AM (#28717140)
Well, to me saying "ils sont là!" when there is a crowd of 200 girls and one boy is still weird :) I would probably say "elles sont là!" despite it not being grammatical.

As for the genders of nouns, my native English French speaking friends are usually in pain.

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Re:Ruby removed “Participants will be tolerant of opposing v... by Zababa on Friday October 01, 2021 @07:53AM (#28717274)
I feel the same, and I think it's fair to switch to feminine in these cases. My point was just that it sounds a bit less weird than saying "elles sont là" when there is 200 girls and a boy.
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