| Is it Les Mis or Les Miz? And has it changed over time? | |
| Posted by: mikem 11:41 am EDT 09/01/20 | |
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| (spoiler for yesterday's NY Times crossword puzzle) Yesterday's NY Times crossword puzzle had LESMIZ as one of the answers, referencing the musical, which caused some conversation in the crossword world about whether it should have been LESMIS (with a corresponding change in the crossing clue). Interestingly, someone posted a Google ngram comparing the two, which showed that prior to the musical, neither was common. But from 1985 to around 2000, Les Miz was more common. Someone said that the original Broadway production used Les Miz in its advertising. From 2000 to 2010, the two forms were roughly equally common, but since 2010, Les Mis has become much more common. And the current official website is lesmis.com . Any thoughts about Les Mis vs Les Miz? Relevant dates: the show opened in London in 1985, and played on Broadway from 1987 to 2003 in the original run. The movie came out in 2012. |
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| Link | The ngram comparing Les Mis and Les Miz over time |
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