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#21165 03/24/01 10:18 AM

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<I wonder what would happened if lieutenant Clark left his post as a naval clerk to go to the Derby in Darby? "lieutenant" of course being an automatic giveaway for one's English of origin, as it were.>

Max posted this back in September in another thread, but no-one responded to it as far as I can see. So, why do the Brits and their dependants pronounce this word as "leftenant"?

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