- Verbally differentiating between princes and princess
However, whenever I pronounce the latter, it always sounds like "The Princess Street" This might be a bit of a stretch, but is there a way to pronounce this while avoiding confusion? I often end up clarifying it afterwards by using "Street of the Prince", but it sounds weird in my humble opinion And doing it every time gets old
- single word requests - What is the Prince Princess equivalent for . . .
If a prince becomes a king, and a princess becomes a queen, what is the term for someone who becomes an emperor empress? The title of the heir to a throne is Prince Princess
- When did prince princess come to mean royal heir?
The words prince and princess come to English from Old French and ultimately from Latin's quot;princeps quot; However, in both Latin and Old French, as well as historical Italian, quot;prince q
- What is the short form for little ? Is it lil or lil?
Ngram shows li'l beating out lil' and li'l' since before 1900 (Note that you must press "Search lots of books" after clicking on the link ) And since Lil is a very popular name (both as a first name and as a hyphenated portion of an apparently Arabic name), any Ngram results for that variant must be ignored But as @sumelic points out, the Ngram results are highly suspect, due to the
- Less politically problematic alternative to princess or snowflake
But both of these terms are politically problematic - princess because it's gendered and sounds demeaning to women, and snowflake because it's a common alt-right insult
- single word requests - Is there a male equivalent of dowager with . . .
I see Wikipedia talks about "Queen dowagers" and that "dowager Princess" has sometimes been used, so "dowager Prince Phillip" would fit except "dowager" always refers to a female, specifically a widow So is there any equivalent for a widower?
- expressions - Usage of the more you squeeze, the more sand disappears . . .
Governor Tarkin: Princess Leia, before your execution, I'd like you to join me for a ceremony that will make this battle station operational No star system will dare oppose the Emperor now Princess Leia: The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers (from *Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope*)
- Is this correct usage of designate as an adjective?
As [Wikipedia] () says, a postpositive or postnominal adjective is an attributive adjective that is placed after the noun or pronoun that it modifies Subcategory Names of posts, ranks, etc : bishop emeritus, professor emeritus, attorney general, consul general, governor general, postmaster general, surgeon general, Astronomer Royal, Princess Royal, airman basic, minister plenipotentiary
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