It’s the feminine version of “marquis” apparently. If anyone else was wondering what the fuck a marchioness was
You say that as if any of us know what a marquis is.
It’s a fairly common title, so you should know what it is if you were born West of Turkey.
Bud, the US literally outlawed aristocratic titles. And good riddance to them. The only time a US citizen sees a word like ‘marquis’ is in a world history class in college.
Which shows how poor your public education is. The monarchy was disbanded in Brazil in the year 1889; We still learn about it in grade school history.
The talk show host pointed out that Cholmondeley is actually pronounced “Chumley” and made the bizarre pronunciation a running joke. “Now there have been rumors an affair between William and the Marching Band of Chicanery since 2019,” he said, mocking her title.
-Stephen Colbert trolls Prince William’s alleged affair with Rose Hanbury
There’s no Fookin’ way in the King’s English this is the real way to pronounce this!?!
There’s no Fookin’ way in the King’s English this is the real way to pronounce this!?!
Worcestershire. Pronounced wooster-sure. I do believe The King’s English takes the piss whenever possible.
See also: Through…
Oooh! And Norfolk. That one is pronounced Nah-fuck, at least in Virginia, US. Not certain how the original town is said, I assume it’s similar, but the accent may have drifted in the last 400 years or so since the new one was founded.
Nor-fuck in the UK, so sort of close I guess.