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Apr. 14th, 2025 07:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marcicatI found another word I've been pronouncing wrong all these years: "marquess"
Okay, I always thought marquess had a hard 'q' sound, just like marquis and marquee, but NO! It does not! ::shakes fist at the English vs French divide:: APPARENTLY it's actually pronounced like the q in 'quest,' and ALSO the emphasis is on the first syllable.
(Much, MUCH more egregious to me is the fact that the noble lady who marries a marquess doesn't become a marquessa, but a marchioness. WHAT IS LANGUAGE.)
(Anyway, there's a neat little ramble about the marquess / marquis / marquee thing by squirrelbasket over on wordpress.)
Okay, I always thought marquess had a hard 'q' sound, just like marquis and marquee, but NO! It does not! ::shakes fist at the English vs French divide:: APPARENTLY it's actually pronounced like the q in 'quest,' and ALSO the emphasis is on the first syllable.
(Much, MUCH more egregious to me is the fact that the noble lady who marries a marquess doesn't become a marquessa, but a marchioness. WHAT IS LANGUAGE.)
(Anyway, there's a neat little ramble about the marquess / marquis / marquee thing by squirrelbasket over on wordpress.)
