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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
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 "princeps" However, in both Latin and Old French, as well as historical Italian, "prince" refers to the ruler of a country or province (e g Machiavelli's The Prince) Often Prince was historically used as a catch-all term to cover sovereign kings, dukes
single word requests - What is the Prince Princess equivalent for . . . Note that Prince Princess historically did not mean the child of a king; and also that most emperors were not hereditary (e g Holy Roman Empire) Is there someone in particular you want to refer to? Are you looking for a word for the eldest son of a hereditary emperor, or the person appointed to succeed a non-hereditary emperor, a candidate
single word requests - Is there a male equivalent of dowager with . . . Prince Philip was created Duke of Edinburgh shortly before he married Princess Elizabeth, and was made a Prince of Great Britain several years later He was never given the title of Prince Consort -- the title Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria held Wikipedia Thus there is no need of a special title for Philip should he survive the Queen
Should I use the queen or the Queen? [duplicate] I know to capitalize a title when used with the name, i e Prince John, and not if it is general - "any prince will do " But if Queen Eleanor has been identified and I write as "the queen" in the s
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"
Using once upon a time in a present tense sentence? @OldBrixtonian Of course! It's so obvious I was stuck trying to force the beginning of the story far into the past, yet allow the rest to be in the present, but historical present tense only really works if you have a narrator describing another story from within the story, otherwise it's just confusing and weird
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*)