The story
Râler began as a rattle in the throat and settled into a daily habit: the French râlent about the weather and the price of butter. A râleur is nobody's villain, more a fixture of the office. Britain does the same thing and calls it a good moan.
How it went in the game
Played by 78 people.
Two in three placed it in French straight away; most of the others went for Catalan.
The register cost the most points.
The most common guess was “rant”: close, but not it.
Of those who bet on the translation, two in five got it exactly.