- Verbally differentiating between princes and princess
Verbally differentiating between "prince's" and "princess" Ask Question Asked 11 years, 1 month ago Modified 11 years, 1 month ago
- 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
- Should I use the queen or the Queen? [duplicate]
A noun (when not at the start of a sentence) should be capitalised if and only if it is a proper noun, which refers to a specific person, place, thing or idea without taking a limiting modifier Examples: "The Queen (of England) visited my school " Since the word "Queen" is capitalised here, we know that it must be referring to a specific queen The words "of x country" do not have to be included
- 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?
The form lil is used, but the most common variant seems to be lil' (capitalized when it is a name) Wikipedia "Lil" is a kind of prefix and is the short form of "little" It is often spelled with an apostrophe as "Lil'" or "Li'l" When used as a prefix in comic or animation it can refer to a specific style of drawing where the characters appear in a chubby, childlike style These are normally
- 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?
- Possessive when using a title - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The British convention is that women who are former holders of titles who no longer hold them, e g because they are widows, divorced, etc are known as FirstName [comma] Former Title, thus Diana, Princess of Wales, Sarah, Duchess of York
- personal names - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I imagine it's official title (Princess), then degree (Reverend), then rank (Professor), then gendered term (Mrs), so you'd address it as Dr and Professor or Dr and Mr, as a degree outweighs a rank and should be listed first If they share a surname, you might avoid it altogether by using The Stones, The Stone Family, or House Stone I have no reference for this guess, alas
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