How To Pronounce Bourgeois

[NothingAtAllXD]

Anytime you hear this word, it's related to Marxism or near a big bag of socialists who would love to take over your country and bring in the collective society and new world order.

[CSpan1993]

What's the difference between "bourgeois" and "bourgeoisie?"

[mrgreyshadow]

@CSpan1993 A "Bourgeois" is a member of the "Bourgeoisie" middle class. If you're reading Marx, "Bourgeois" is a member of the "bourgeoisie" capitalist (wealthy upper) class.

[Ceridwenn]

borg schoowaah?? xD

[DrHeinersSanatorium]

@Ceridwenn Boorrrrrr-zschwahhh! :D

[carykh]

In history we leaned about bourgeoisie!

[TheOriginalLonestar]

Nope. It's a common name in S. Louisiana & it aint pronounced like that.

"Bourgeois" is pronounced "Boog-wah" with a soft "g" like in the word "rouge".

[MinDsc2]

@TheOriginalLonestar People in Louisiana don't really have a history of pronouncing anything correctly.

[TheOriginalLonestar]

@MinDsc2

What does it matter; your own history is suspect. I trust the Louisiana pronunciation of the surname way more than your own; it has remained the same in isolation from France for 300+ years. In fact, Cajun & Creole French contain many archaic pronunciations & spellings that long went out of style in the rest of the French speaking world.

[Everio620User]

 I hate this f-ing word with a passion!!!

[24342333]

Dang brudder. It's boojwah. This is coming from I guy who misspelled everything in this comment like twice before he submitted it.

[jazzyspazzrawr]

THIS IS STUPID!

[PooKneader]

What's with the tags?

[rossb337]

its pronounced "boos-wah" ... I'm from louisiana and know people with this last name. we have the most fucked up last names here. "thibodaux" lol

[Shrukain22]

@rossb337 Yes, but Cajun French is a whole 'nother dialect.

[BlackManSlim562]

Burgers

[GRiMxSG]

The "r" isn't used.

[Excalistine]

@GRiMxSG Correct. I don't know why people don't know this

[naturada137]

Why the fuck is bruises a tag? 

[GoTellLenny]

Haha, this video should be entitled 'how to pronounce bourgeois with an english accent'.

[evilsquirellpenguin]

@GoTellLenny *american accent

[NewYorkFlavour]

@GoTellLenny

What is he doing wrong exactly?

[GoTellLenny]

@NewYorkFlavour I was joking, I'm french so it's always funny to hear french words said in an "english" way, ( the "r" or the "ois" pronunciation, but which is totally normal (: )

[ultimatsource12]

bonsoir

[ajnode]

I think the uploader of these videos should have anticipated how annoyed dumb people get when you try to teach them something.

[DerringerHK]

bourgeoisie = boorjwazee = the middle class (lawyers,doctors etc.) before and during the French revolution (in France, obviously)...

[chimpanzeenator]

Your channel has been owned by a better channel: PronounciationManual

[qwe12364]

@chimpanzeenator

In my book, the subtle troll is superior to the babbling, incoherent idiot.

[harryh111111]

It's actually Bore-jwaz. Some foreigner told me just yesterday.

[MoonliteMemory]

Haha nice. I thought it was pronounced like, "BOR-GOIS"

[67oesen]

Bore-shu-ah

[7footballfanatic7]

I always thought it was pronounced "this video fails"

[ominoBianco95]

@7footballfanatic7 It's not "a fail". You speak english and it's normal that you can pronunce correctly. :D That is useful for people that doesn't speak English. For example, I'm Italian and it's normal that I know the pronuntiation of "marchingegno", but it isn't normal for people who doesn't speak Italian. :P

[intellectuallogic]

@hazykce You're thinking of the word "bourgeoisie" not "bourgeois". Both real words. Mean essentially the same thine. One has two more letters than the other.

[hazykce]

Wait, what? In school we were taught that it was pronounced as "bohr-jwa-zee"?..

[dgk3188]

I pronounce it Boo-Zwa-Zay

[GodOfTheInternets]

@dgk3188

Then you're using a noun. Bourgeoisie (boor-zwa-zeey)= group of owners. Bourgeois (boor-zwa) = individual owner, or an adjective ("bourgeois society").

[RekWan3534]

Bur-Jee Ois.

[BinarystarBeta]

CAUSE IT'S A SHANGRI-LA BOURGEOIS

[brucelee6790]

lmao 3x

[groovylocks]

i always pronounced it "douchebag"

[laserboy18]

@groovylocks Why because they are more successful than your poor ass?

[GoldPie11]

@laserboy18 Silly kid.

[nilzardo]

@laserboy18 You silly, silly boy. You will learn.

[lollygoober]

burr jwa zee

[14sJakeB190]

@lollygoober Yeah, that's what I thought... >:/

[hackforloser]

@lollygoober Bourgeoisie you meant?

[StubstopherJr]

What the fuck is with the tags here?

[rofljelly135]

YOU HAVE BUTCHERED YOUR TAGS

[jagara1]

Ok - French lesson time:

The "r" in "bour" needs to come from the back of the throat as if you are about to cook up a green one.

The "geois" is not pronounced "waaaaa" - it is promounced "wa" and again comes from the back of the throat not the front of the mouth.

I am bilingual - and you cannot speak French!

[Lla730]

@jagara1 loll le probleme est qu'en anglais y'a pas les sons comme eois par exemple, ou le R francais. donc c'est vraiment dur pour eux de comprendre.

Maiiis ce con qui upload plein de videos de mots francais devrait au moin essayer d'etre le plus sur avant d'upload toute cette merde <<

[NewYorkFlavour]

@jagara1

This is the eighteenth time I'm writing this. Okay, you're in for a shock, ready? These videos are done on American English pronunciation. Here's a new word for you, "anglicization". That's right, there's a reason we don't pronounce "Moscow" as "moh-skva" as in Russian, or "Paris" as "pa-ree" with a throat "r", because we're speaking English, and adapt the word to our own language. If you don't like it, tough shit.

[jagara1]

@NewYorkFlavour I believe the word you mean to educate me on is spelt 'anglicisation'.

I also believe you word you need to use is 'Americanisation'(Americanizat­ion to you) - as the accent, in this video, is not an Anglo Saxon accent!

[NewYorkFlavour]

@jagara1

Oxford dictionary agrees with us Americans on the "-ize" ending, look it up for yourself. And no, Americanization refers to culture and economics. When it comes to language, the correct term is "anglicization". And no, we don't claim to know everything, but we do know how to pronounce our language, I don't go to France or Germany and dictate to them how they should pronounce their own language.

[jloae]

@NewYorkFlavour It's because they're pronouncing it correctly you stupid ignorant bastard. In Germany they speak German, in France they speak French, in America you speak ENGLISH. Therefore, you don't have your own language, and because you speak English you must pronounce words the correct way, accents are a different matter entirely and can be excused (like the way you pronounce tuna "toona") but ignorance will not be excused, by anyone

[NewYorkFlavour]

@jloae

It's funny you mention that, because the way you English pronounce "tuna" (choona) always amused me as well. And yes, English is our language. If you want to really break it down, Old English came from Northwestern Germany; does that mean English belongs to the Germans? And what is accented about the way "bourgeois" is pronounced in the video? Are you implying that he should use the French "r"?

[ivasenko48]

@NewYorkFlavour I agree with you, as long as the pronunciation is not too far off (e.g. English speakers should not be expected to pronounce the uvular 'r'!)

btw anglicisation/anglicization does indeed mean to adapt to the English language (to be made more English), but the word Americanize/Americanise can be used in a linguistic context also: to be made more in the style of American English.

[SillyLitleGirl]

Fuck off, you fucking hipster who can't speak worth shit. I swear to god. Can't say "pokemon", can't say "bourgeois". You don't do a lick of research, you just speak into a microphone and watch your balls inflate because you think you're a fucking genius. I hate you.

[Metroid225]

@SillyLitleGirl u mad.

[XZohar123]

I think it is acceptable for foreigners to butcher a language a LITTLE bit if they don't have the sounds needed to make the word in their own language. I think that's excusable. Sure, they can learn to make the sound, but, for someone like me, certain French sounds and Hebrew sounds are extremely hard to make. But to change the pronunciation any more than that i think would be wrong.

[TheOnlyMsVegetarian]

It's boo-sh-wa my cousin has that last name.

[MIDNAq1LINK]

@TheOnlyMsVegetarian Does your family only speak english? I live in an area where many french people have this name and we pronounce the 'r', but the english-only speaking people pronounce it without the r.

[TheOnlyMsVegetarian]

@MIDNAq1LINK I do, I hate french!! I am german through and through

[rhombus0ne]

Lol, this PronunciationBook guy is the best troll I've seen in a long time! Look at his choices of words. He's obviously trollin, I love it.

[eIchristo]

I'll just never see how they got 'szzhwaa' out of a world with 'g' and 'i' and 's' in it...

I know, I suck at understanding. Spanish was confusing enough!

[GreenSaphir3]

My teacher always pronounced it as "Ber-ghee." I don't know why.

[nakedmambo]

@GreenSaphir3 Because he/she didn't know how to pronounce it. Very poor really.

[hyperchild95]

My teacher taught it to us as "booz wa zhi"

[GodOfTheInternets]

@hyperchild95

Which is more or less correct. Bourgeoisie is the plural of bourgeois. Bourgeoisie is pronounced "boo(r)zwa zhi".

[Metalik4ever]

Boujuah

[gerbil545]

@ChelseaSworldd BOR-GUESS HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[ChelseaSworldd]

Can someone PLEASE tell me the right way... i've heard it pronounced like "Bor-guess" Boojwah....!

[DaggerNubC2]

@ChelseaSworldd bOUr-jwoa

[shujikiritani888]

So wrong, fail

[randomx2312s]

@shujikiritani888 well its better than Bour-Joice

[RPGarrysmod]

borg zho ay

[rabbitkiddd]

why are you doing this ? ...

[galkofer]

bur-grr



[OhhCathy]

Bonjour

[Evanmileus]

It's not "Boar jwa"....

[johanthepirate]

This is my last name and it's not how I pronounce it lol.

[SaireBerhid]

Looks like "Portugal"

[Mutton22Chops]

pronounce this you bourgeois piece of shit

[MsLushLondon]

boojee gurrrrrrl

[GomGomNomNom]

Bonjoir ^^

[Mangalex28]

Wrong pronunciation :/

[ynkebour]

that's my last name (hence the second part of my username) and that is NOT how it's pronounced at all!

[SuperCheekySlut]

@ynkebour you are an idiot if you actually have that as a surname and think this pronunciation is wrong

[jtchelsea26]

bonsoir!

[pupucower]

this guy's voice creeps me out. he's like breathing into the mic

[xxyouknowwhatitis]

I always say it like bor-guess. In my country before I move to usa we say it like that.

[Hissanrach]

The bourgeois buffoon battled belligerently with the pinko-party prolitariat populace.

[Xennified]

A bourgeois big-bollocked boiler, that's all I need.

[Gamuh1337]

wrong, boojwah is the proper way

[ilovemutemath]

BOOJWAH.

boojwah is correct.

[blahlur]

bor shwa

[flowiepanda]

boobies?

[MrAtrocityExhibition]

it's not borswah it's boursjwah

[weirdosrok]

this is pronounced correctly. bourgeoisie is (boo-zshwa-zee)

[Sliney]

boo-zshwa-zee

[aa3gunner]

bor-gee-oyce

[drgnfrc13]

@aa3gunner lol

[GTaddict123]

just want to say... if you advertise how to correctly pronounce in the word in the American English pronunciation, then you should be saying the words in the correct American English pronunciation... not the original language's pronunciation. If you are saying it in the original language's pronunciation, then advertise it that way...

[Amarianee]

@GTaddict123 ...Just because something is foreign, doesn't mean we have to butcher it to fit "American pronunciation." It's SUPPOSED to be pronounced a certain way, based on the language it's from. It'll sound a bit different because of a flat American accent, but that doesn't change the pronunciation.

[theclinger]

@Amarianee Plenty of words have correct pronounciation in America that is different from their origin. Just how language works yo.

[VictimOfBoredom]

@Amarianee But that occurs in *all* languages. Not just American English.

[NewYorkFlavour]

@Amarianee

Do me a favor, alright? Look up a little word called "anglicization". There's a reason we pronounce "Rome" as "rohm" instead of "roh-mah" with a rolling "r". There's a reason we have words like "Munich" for "München", and "Naples" for "Napoli". There may be a couple of pompous, pseudo-intellectual farts like you on Youtube who disapprove, but it doesn't matter. Your opinion means nothing, and there's nothing you can do about it. And you're the only one with a flat accent.

[jagara1]

As usual the inflexible North Atlantic attitude that says ' we know how everything is'...

[Tbone155817]

@Amarianee Which is why I don't understand why languages have their own name for other languages. Ingles? No, it's English. Spanish? No, it's Espanol. Makes no sense whatsoever.

[SuperCheekySlut]

@GTaddict123 sometimes the American English is the same pronunciation as the original language (as in this case). It's just many Americans are too stupid to speak their own language properly.

[deathrow989]

this guy should use a better mic I CANTTT HEAAR SHIT

[zakorsumtin]

@deathrow989 You should get better speakers i can hear just fine.

[RBkidd510]

Is this different than bourgeoisie?

[katiemayyy710]

@RBkidd510 Yes, because bourgeois is an adjective describing a group of people who would be called the bourgeoisie. Both are referring to a French middle class, but different parts of speech. Hope that helps.

[Davidbasque15]

The r is a french r not an english r.

[rathat48]

@Davidbasque15 English is not French. 

[Davidbasque15]

@rathat48 Bourgeois is a french term, if you want to pronounce it like we would pronounce it in french, then you do a french r. That's simple as that. If I want to say an english word, I will pronounce it as in english, I won't put french r in the word and destroy it.

[rathat48]

@Davidbasque15 It's also a word in English and it's in English dictionaries, the spelling doesn't have to be changed when it's borrowed, but the pronunciation is anglicized. This is how you say the English word bourgeois, not the French word bourgeois.

[Davidbasque15]

@rathat48 Yeah I understand, it just seem weird to me because I'm french.

[Paradox3121]

My teacher told us it's boor-zhwah-zee.

[TagRation]

@Paradox3121 that's what I thought too...

I'm going to keep saying it that way because it sounds way cooler

[persiandaddy]

@TagRation you're thinking of "bourgeoisie"

[NewYorkFlavour]

@Paradox3121

That's the pronounciation for "bourgeoisie", not "bourgeois".

[redunk]

Thanks I always thought it was BOR-JOYCE.

[sanandreasshole]

boor-jwah

[CaptNDaigne]

C'est pas compliqué pourtant! Allez suivre vos cours de français!

[andreasox23]

bourgeois pig!!!

[caseyforever]

that's my last name and i've never heard this said where you can hear the 'r'.

i've always heard it said basically Booj-Wah (the 'j' pronounced like in Jacques)

[clockkworkk]

@caseyforever i agree, i've always pronounced the r much softer. booh-jwah.

[JT5718x]

i actually knew this one

[PieceofMindmusic]

boogee

[fashionsuicide21]

you should do one for bourjois

[anythingnew]

Bor-geese