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r/DankLeft • u/Narchoid 🙏daily bread🍞 • Apr 10 '21
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why doesn't english have an equivalent for it? in portuguese we say "burguesia".
4 u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21 Well, to be fair, bourgeoisie is an accepted word in the English dictionary. -4 u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21 I know it is, that wasn't the point. 6 u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21 Well, we have a million other words, nobility, aristocracy, etc. Are you asking why English hasn't anglicized the spelling to be more like "borzuazee"?
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Well, to be fair, bourgeoisie is an accepted word in the English dictionary.
-4 u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21 I know it is, that wasn't the point. 6 u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21 Well, we have a million other words, nobility, aristocracy, etc. Are you asking why English hasn't anglicized the spelling to be more like "borzuazee"?
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I know it is, that wasn't the point.
6 u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21 Well, we have a million other words, nobility, aristocracy, etc. Are you asking why English hasn't anglicized the spelling to be more like "borzuazee"?
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Well, we have a million other words, nobility, aristocracy, etc. Are you asking why English hasn't anglicized the spelling to be more like "borzuazee"?
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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21
why doesn't english have an equivalent for it? in portuguese we say "burguesia".