Here's how I remember by breaking it into 3 parts.

bour: because the rich are a "bore" and they suck

geo: because the rich rule the world

isie: "easy" because spelling bourgeoisie is easy!

What's your favorite method?

  • yuli [she/her]
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    6 months ago

    i just remember it’s french so if it looks too logical i’ll just add some vowels in between

  • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
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    6 months ago

    I usually look at easily-misspelled words in terms of etymology. The word itself stems from "city-dwellers:"

    1. The root word in "bourgeois/borgeoisie" is "bourg," which means a city or small town.
    2. Then a silent E to represent the French silencing their colonial subjects.
    3. Then a pretentious "-ois" because, again, the French
  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    I just kinda mash keys until it looks good on my screen. Somehow my brain can recognize bad spelling even if I can't spell shit 👍

  • Utter_Karate [he/him, comrade/them]
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    6 months ago

    When I remember that it is from the French I think "Hon hon hon, baguette" to myself for a bit and then with all the respect that the French and their language are due I choose to spell it "Boar guys".

    • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
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      6 months ago

      Bursjoasi is how it's spelled in Norwegian but it's more common to say borgerskap anyways

  • Moonworm [any]
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    6 months ago

    B, Our GEO Is International Exploitation

    is a mnemonic I made up. Personally, I speak a little French so I just kind of remember how to spell it.