Les Miz or Les Mis?

[forget regret <3]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 7:39pm

Mizzzz or Misss?? i've seen it both ways...

Updated On: 8/17/05 at 07:39 PM

[GirlforTartaglia]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 7:50pm

Les Mis to be spelling-correct
Les Miz to be correct to someone who has only said it.

I prefer Les Mis..since it's Les Miserables.

[sanda]

Posted: 8/17/05 at 7:55pm

either way

[bythesword84]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 12:19am

I saw Les Mis because, as was already said its the way you shorten the actual word.

[Dre2387]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 12:21am

Les Mis. I personally don't like it when people write (or say) 'Les Miz.'

[loudasthehelliwant]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 12:24am

I feel that Les Mis is more correct, but I think either or is completely exceptable. B/c it sounds more like it ends w/a "z". *shrug* It really doesn't matter.

[MissElphie]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 12:40am

The English Major in me makes me go with Les Mis.

[corsairstw]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 12:52am

Well, the correct abbreviation is "Les Mis" but, since it's French, one "s" is pronounced like a "z." That's where "Les Miz" came from.

So, if you want to be correct, write Les Mis. If you want to get across how to pronounce it, write Les Miz.

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 1:27am

well the official site is lesmis.com *shurgs*

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 1:36am

loudasthehelliwant
where did you get your avatar?

[BrdwyBnd2005]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 1:40am

but posters and ads (specifically in SF right now) it says Les Miz. I like Les Miz, personally. true it is Miserables, but if you're slanging the word, you might as well just spell it Miz.

[Derech2]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 1:42am

Well both are nicknames, so I don't think either is incorrect, but I always used Les Mis. I'm sure however you write it, you pronounce it lay mihz, but if you pronounced Les Mis correctly (as it's French), it would leh miss, I think. So yeah, just nicknames, no correctness or incorrectness either way

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 2:40am

You know, I just think it's sad that at 1:40 in the morning I don't have anything better to be doing than reading this thread.

[MrBundles]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 3:27am

I like Les Miz......and I like when the advertisements say "Don't Miz out!" yay.

[stage_door76]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 7:36am

it should definitely always be mis


show some respect and tradition

music theater is not rap or hip hop, it's classical lyrical stuff.
there's no z in it, so why spell it that way?

no one says fantom? do they??

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 8:54am

LOL! It really matters little to anyone how you personally choose to shorten the name of the show.

While there's no official or correct standard regarding this nickname, both the commercial world (ads/promo's) as well as many of the actors who play/played in the show seem to favor calling it LE MIZ. So that's good enough for me.

Either way... I'm just glad so many people enjoy (ed) the show for so long.

[CostumeMistress]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 9:56am

Les Mis.

[Aigoo]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 10:32am

I said Les Mis, even though I had only seen Les Miz before...it just seemed appropriate to cut the word in the way it was spelled.

[Fosse76]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 12:37pm

"it should definitely always be mis
show some respect and tradition
music theater is not rap or hip hop, it's classical lyrical stuff.
there's no z in it, so why spell it that way?
no one says fantom? do they?? "

Well, if you believe that, then you would only ever call it "Les Miserables". You would never shorten it to "Les Mis" or "Les Miz"

[Mr. Tuttle]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 12:44pm

Doesn't matter how you spell it.

Just spell it the best musical ever.

[Adam Chris]

Posted: 8/18/05 at 2:31pm

Not that this matters really... but the producers and advertisments use the 'Z' in their print. I have requently seen ads that show little cosette holding tickets with the caption above saying "Don't Miz out."


(edit) **oops - i just realized that someone else already posted this...sorry.

Updated On: 8/18/05 at 02:31 PM

[lesmisforever]

Posted: 9/23/05 at 8:58pm

On posters and flyers it says Les Miz, so I GUESS that's the correct way... but I say (type?) Les Mis.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 9/23/05 at 9:04pm

The marketing material includes both spellings. Dewynters doesn't appear to care, as long as it's consistent within each ad.

[dotmarie]

Posted: 9/23/05 at 9:34pm

I personally say Les Mis.

[Bret]

Posted: 9/23/05 at 10:06pm

Les Mis. The French student in me forbids me to spell it with a z.