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Objection!
Faldage's original link to Bartleby is less than authoritative. It has this to say, emphasis added by me:
1a. abbr. COL or Col or Col. A commissioned rank in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps that is above lieutenant colonel and below brigadier general. b. One who holds this rank or a similar rank in another military organization. 2. An honorary nonmilitary title awarded by some states of the United States.
Very good. In one foul swoop, it grabs the word and claims it as an Americanism. So ... the British and French armies didn't have colonels earlier than 1776? Oh, my mistake. I should have realised!
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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: yeahbutİ.... 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
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