#mister cones from monsieur (this is why mssrs is the plural of mr..bc of messieurs) though idk abt ms | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

frecht · 1 year ago

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listening to these two guys talking and I'm 90% sure the one guy is making up everything he's saying or he just fell for facts online that are actually false and the other one is eating it UP

#he said that prefixes like Mr and Ms are to distinguish names from nouns. no they aren't. no they are not #from what I know at least #mister cones from monsieur (this is why mssrs is the plural of mr..bc of messieurs) though idk abt ms #and maam obv comes from madame. which just means like my lady. and monsieur means like my sir I think #they were always made to be an honorific...#talkin

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