Here’s how I remember by breaking it into 3 parts.

bour: because the rich are a “bore” and they suck

geo: because the rich rule the world

isie: “easy” because spelling bourgeoisie is easy!

What’s your favorite method?

  • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I usually look at easily-misspelled words in terms of etymology. The word itself stems from “city-dwellers:”

    1. The root word in “bourgeois/borgeoisie” is “bourg,” which means a city or small town.
    2. Then a silent E to represent the French silencing their colonial subjects.
    3. Then a pretentious “-ois” because, again, the French