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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Blonde = female; blond = male

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

But that's the french's fault.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I thought it was blond = hair colour and blonde = person with blond hair.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Blond because French defaults to the masculine form if the gender of the noun is indeterminate.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

I shit you not, that is the etymological distinction between the two.

How strictly that distinction is observed is an open question.