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Masculine nouns in French | Statue of Joseph Priestley in Leeds | Codeword sneaks in B and Q | Second Lieutenant Arthur Conway Young’s grave | Driverless trucks | How to kill a tickI still don’t understand why the fact that éclair meaning “lightning” in French is a masculine noun explains why it is also masculine when it refers to the patisserie (Letters, 24 August). Why wouldn’t it be?
Michael Bulley
Chalon-sur-Saône, France• Though London has no