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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: colonel #42118 09/18/01 04:33 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta 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? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted colonel Anonymous 09/17/01 09:37 PM Re: colonel wwh 09/17/01 10:13 PM Re: colonel Bingley 09/18/01 04:33 AM Re: coronel Faldage 09/18/01 11:44 AM Re: coronel Jackie 09/18/01 04:29 PM Re: coronel Hyla 09/18/01 04:37 PM Re: Kaintuck coronel Faldage 09/18/01 04:46 PM Re: coronel Jackie 09/18/01 04:48 PM Re: coronel Hyla 09/18/01 05:01 PM Re: coronel Jackie 09/18/01 05:38 PM Re: coronel tsuwm 09/18/01 10:31 PM Re: coLonel, not coRonel Keiva 09/18/01 11:16 PM Re: coLonel, not coRonel tsuwm 09/18/01 11:21 PM Re: coLonel, not coRonel Keiva 09/18/01 11:32 PM Re: coLonel, not coRonel tsuwm 09/19/01 02:55 AM Re:coLonel, not coRonel Keiva 09/19/01 05:41 PM Re:coLonel, not coRonel of troy 09/19/01 06:35 PM Re: coronel doc_comfort 09/24/01 04:26 AM Re: colonel stales 09/19/01 04:43 AM Re: colonel Jackie 09/19/01 12:25 PM Re: colonel Capital Kiwi 09/22/01 05:39 AM Re: military rankings - here and there? wow 09/22/01 05:01 PM commodore TEd Remington 09/23/01 12:40 AM Re: commodore Keiva 09/23/01 12:52 AM Max Quordlepleen 09/23/01 03:22 AM Re: Existentialist commodores Keiva 09/23/01 11:37 AM Re: commodore - update wow 09/23/01 03:43 PM Re: commodore jmh 09/26/01 09:55 PM Re: commodore: from the old salt's junk drawer Faldage 09/27/01 03:37 PM Re: colonel Faldage 09/27/01 03:25 PM Re: colonel tsuwm 09/27/01 04:19 PM Re: colonel Anonymous 09/27/01 07:07 PM Re: anal retentive tsuwm 09/27/01 07:21 PM Re: yeahbut©.... Anonymous 09/27/01 07:53 PM Re: Nits Faldage 09/27/01 08:05 PM Re: anal retentive Keiva 09/27/01 07:58 PM Re: colonel Keiva 09/27/01 07:45 PM Re: colonel of troy 09/27/01 07:52 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,990 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 696 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 18 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,956 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,953 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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