#kill_man

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tight folio
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That used to be the case in France where people used feminised job titled informally but there was a masculine default officially but the Académie française allowed for feminisation in 2019 so things are changing, officially-speaking. The Académie also didn’t give specific mandates so it was up to everyone how they wanted to feminise the titles. Because of that, there’s been divergence between Quebec and Metropolitan France. For example, Quebec uses « auteure » while France uses « autrice ».

short wind
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In Canada it's very common. In my opinion, using the masculine form for a woman would seem a bit odd, or possibly excessively posh. (Also, I'm more used to hearing "autrice" than "auteure")
My understanding is in Europe the masculine versions are more commonly used for any person, but that may be changing

tight folio
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Also, there’s a general idea of keeping pronunciation though as we’ve seen with auteur/autrice that’s not always the case. As an example, Quebec uses « mairesse » for a female mayor whereas France uses « maire ».

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For example, we have Valérie Plante who is « la mairesse de Montréal » and Anne Hidalgo who is « la maire de Paris ».

gaunt frigate
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merci beaucoup! should i prefer one over the other as a non-native or just pick from a hat? as long as im consistent (-re instead of -ice or vice versa) i assume its not too important? probably just lean toward the kind of French I encounter more often?

tight folio
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If you want Quebecois, go for mairesse/auteure; if you want Metropolitan go for maire/autrice

gaunt frigate
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im at the point where i havent thought much about wanting to choose a dialect yet lol, still working through the basics

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i'll keep that in mind tho, merci!

tame hull
tight folio
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Is it? I've always seen « autrice » more