Lmao just realised I misspelled the first -geoisie

    • glimmer_twin [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      It isn’t pronounced boo-shwah in French or English tho

      https://youtu.be/HDkxi4CWfyU

      • CoralMarks [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        It's more like boor-shwah. Not bore-shwah, because that would imply the o be short, which it isn't imo.

          • CoralMarks [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            I mean we could just drop the term and use something simple like rich fucks, fatcats, or 1%.
            Something like that, where no 2hr lesson is necessary for the average joe to get what you're saying.

            • Amorphous [any]
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              4 years ago

              Something like that, where no 2hr lesson is necessary for the average joe to get what you’re saying.

              I do try to avoid jargon, but it really is not difficult to explain the term "bourgeoisie" or "bourgeois" to people. You can just say "oh yeah sorry im talking about rich assholes"

              • MarxGuns [comrade/them]
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                4 years ago

                I try not to use it because I think it'd give up the ghost for some people, who you'd scare away or enrage if you used the jargon. It's almost, but not quite, the same as people saying 'Das Kapital' instead of 'Capital'.

        • gayhobbes [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          In French bourgeoisie is pronounced with three syllables.