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A simple question:
Why is colonel pronounced "kernel", and is it pronounced similarly in every English speaking country?
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Dear Bill, now that the question has been raised, if you know the reason, do let the rest of us in on it. I have a vague idea that the spelling came by one etymological route and the pronunciation by another, but I forget the details.
By the way, did USns logically enough drop the f in lieutenant or did UKns add it for some unfathomable reason?
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Jackie, such status you have achieved! Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?
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It's the light of the oncoming carp.
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AUGHHHHHHHHHHHH! I didn't know, my web-footed friend, I didn't know! Oh, ow, ow, ow! Darn you, Hyla-chic, I wouldn't now be in all this pain if you hadn't pointed it out.
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Darn you, Hyla-chic, I wouldn't now be in all this pain if you hadn't pointed it out.
Prior to Jackie's post, I would have said she'd be the last of us to carp...
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