To give another example on how genders are assigned to new nouns, interestingly English imports often have a different gender in Québec and in France (Belgium a

To give another example on how genders are assigned to new nouns, interestingly English imports often have a different gender in Québec and in France (Belgium and Switzerland will usually use the same as France, probably do to its regional weight). A job and business are masculine in France, feminine in Québec, it's the most common case (I think feminine is the default for all new words in Québec while masculine is the default in France). A Game Boy however is usually feminine in France and masculine in Québec, like a party. Others have the same gender, say blog or sushi (for another origin than just English) are both masculine everywhere.