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 Re: Marigauxes? Marigauxs? Marigaux?
Author: ceri 
Date:   2012-02-02 21:09

I think this is a question were knowing French doesn't really help.

To add to Oboemoboe's answer:
The reason you don't pluralise surnames in French is because the plural is indicated by the definite article which has a plural form. "Je vais voir les Lorée."

English pluralises surnames because the definite article doesn't have a plural form: "I'm going to see the Lorées."

It is also true that words that end in -x don't change when they are in the plural in French (for example un lynx, des lynx).

But in English words that end with -x have a plural form by adding -es (box, boxes).

So if I was talking in French I would say "dans mes rêves, j'ai 3 Marigaux" but in English I would want to add an -s at the end of the word. I suppose if I was forced to write it down, the best solution would probably be Marigauxes which looks odd but respects English spelling rules.
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