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TRex

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« on: August 17, 2021, 01:58:56 AM »
Quite some time ago, senor was changed from common to rare. I think the same should be done with monsieur. In American English señor is w-a-y more common than monsieur.
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« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2021, 07:51:28 AM »
It does seem incongruous to me that MONSIEUR is common, even though Agatha Christie via Poirot has brought many phrases to our everyday life!
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Re: monsieur
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2021, 01:33:00 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2022, 10:10:58 PM »
More recently, the plural messieurs appeared in a 7-by-many puzzle as a common word. I don't see how either monsieur or messieurs could be considered common words in the English language, so both will be treated as rare from now on.
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Re: monsieur
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2022, 04:12:57 AM »
Thanks, Alan!
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