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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Plural of the last name Jean-Louis
Hello,
My husband is French and our second part of our last name is pronounced "lew-ee" (silent s). I would like to order family notecards and am conflicted about what to put: The Jean-Louis (this looks right to me) or The Jean-Louises (this looks wrong because it appears the name is Jean-Louise and then pluralized).
???
(I'm not crazy about "The Jean-Louis Family".)
Thank you in advance,
Stephanie
My husband is French and our second part of our last name is pronounced "lew-ee" (silent s). I would like to order family notecards and am conflicted about what to put: The Jean-Louis (this looks right to me) or The Jean-Louises (this looks wrong because it appears the name is Jean-Louise and then pluralized).
???
(I'm not crazy about "The Jean-Louis Family".)
Thank you in advance,
Stephanie
Top answer
Hello, Stephanie. You really have a problem. It is not a matter of pronunciation, but of spelling.
- Hello, Stephanie.
- You really have a problem.
- It is not a matter of pronunciation, but of spelling.
- 'The Jean-Louis' looks terribly odd to me (it looks like the name of a ship).
- 'The Jean-Louises' is indeed the correct spelling, but I agree with you that it looks wrong, too.
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Hello, Stephanie. You really have a problem. It is not a matter of pronunciation, but of spelling. 'The Jean-Louis' looks terribly odd to me (it looks like the name of a ship). 'The Jean-Louises' is indeed the correct spelling, but I agree with you that it looks wrong, too. If I were a Jean-Louis, I would swallow my druthers and go with 'The Jean-Louis family' (small 'f'). That way, at least
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