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re: Is it Les Mis or Les Miz? And has it changed over time?
Posted by: NewtonUK 12:57 pm EDT 09/01/20
In reply to: re: Is it Les Mis or Les Miz? And has it changed over time? - sirpupnyc 11:50 am EDT 09/01/20

Both are accepted and used. 'Les Mis' is the correct version, as an abbreviation of the French work Miserables. In French the 's' is pronounced as 'z'. In the US, especially, the spelling Les Miz developed quickly, because that's what it the American spelling would be to get it to sound right.
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