watching ENOLA HOLMES with @cearo_thyme got me thinking I have no fuckin clue what the difference between a Marquis and a Marquess is, or in what if any contexts other than RHCP songs the word is pronounced "mahr-KEE"
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I am both enlightened and chagrinned. The question is why the rank doesn't translate.
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*sideeyes Earls and Counts*
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the female version of Marquess is Marchioness
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but it's a fairly modern title in England since England didn't traditionally have places it called "marches" it's round-about the same rank as Earl but below Duke
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what's a margrave then?
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The same thing in German
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IIRC there's a serious distinction in that the scots use the french pronounciation (also lord and baron are in reverse order between both countries lmao)
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