Julie Montagu, an American who married a British viscount, says she mispronounced her husband's title when they were dating

• Julie Montagu said she didn't know her now-husband was a viscount when they met.
• She told Insider she saw the title on his credit card, but didn't know what it meant.

Julie Montagu, an American yoga teacher, became a part of the British aristocracy when she married Luke Montagu, Viscount Hinchingbrooke, in 2004.

The couple, who together are known as Viscount and Viscountess Hinchingbrooke, run the family's stately home, the Mapperton Estate in West Dorset, England. Julie also has her own YouTube channel, titled American Viscountess, where she gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at her life.

Julie told Insider that she's "a big fan" of Netflix's "Bridgerton," and that she's looking forward to watching season two because its focus is on the viscount of the family, Anthony Bridgerton. Julie said it will give people an opportunity to learn about her husband's noble title, which she didn't know existed when they met.

"When I first heard the word 'viscount' it was from my husband and I said it the wrong way," Montagu said.

The viscountess said that she didn't know her husband was a viscount when they were dating, and she first saw the title on his credit card. When she asked him what it meant, she mispronounced it like the word "discount." He explained to her that it was his noble title, and that the correct pronunciation is "vai-count," she said.

"How would I know that? It's spelled exactly like discount," Julie said.

The title is given to a British nobleman who is below an earl and above a baron in rank, according to the Cambridge Dictionary, and can be inherited through the male line. A viscountess is the title given to a woman who is married to a viscount.

"I'm excited, because I think a lot of people know about princes and princesses, dukes, and duchesses," she said. "But not a lot of people know about a viscountess, or how to say it the right way."