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My mom is Dutch but lives in France
She speaks and writes better French than 99% of Frenchmen. Better than me, and I was born here
But once in a while (excessively rarely, maybe 5 times a year) that brainiac will use the wrong gender. And boy does it sound weird
Meanwhile even the dumbest of Le Pen voters will always get it right
There's no mastering it if you're not native