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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lol Idk I'm not a linguist, me probably from hearing it pronounced that way in media.

"DOWN WITH THE BOURGEOISIE!"

Seems like it comes from the French pronunciation? Idk man

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Those are two different words. Bourgeois is an adjective describing the materialist characteristic of the middle class. The bourgeoisie is the materialistic middle class itself.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Ah I misread then lol

Boosh-E is probably more accurate then?

Or booshjie lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

For fucks sake we say boozhwah or boojee.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"Fires two random arrows, both to the linguist's heart. Imagine if he tried!"