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Topic	why do americans pronounce colonel as kernul?
Yomi 01/18/18 7:09:04 AM #23:	SDBZ posted... 008Zulu posted... It doesn't bother me as much as the English pronouncing Lieutenant as if it had an 'F' in it. Again I'm British and this is unheard of for me. It's probably only some people that pronounce it like that. Wiktionary has two pronunciations of "lieutenant" for UK English. /lftnnt/ /ltnnt/ This is the US English pronunciation /l(j)utnnt/ You can listen to them here: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lieutenant#Etymology The first UK pronunciation definitely has that /f/ (voiceless labiodental fricative) sound. --- .0027 \| Helicopters fly over the beach, Same time every day, same routine. <cite>Yomi posted [p:894286334] in why do ame... [t:76214552]...</cite> <quote><cite>SDBZ posted...</cite> <quote><cite>008Zulu posted...</cite> <quote>It doesn't bother me as much as the English pronouncing Lieutenant as if it had an 'F' in it.</quote> Again I'm British and this is unheard of for me. It's probably only some people that pronounce it like that.</quote> Wiktionary has two pronunciations of "lieutenant" for UK English. /lftnnt/ /ltnnt/ This is the US English pronunciation /l(j)utnnt/ You can listen to them here: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lieutenant#Etymology The first UK pronunciation definitely has that /f/ (voiceless labiodental fricative) sound. --- .0027 \| Helicopters fly over the beach, Same time every day, same routine.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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