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Topic	why do americans pronounce colonel as kernul?
SDBZ 01/18/18 8:23:04 AM #26:	Yomi posted... 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. Looks like I've been saying it the US way all this time. Oh well. I don't like the "f" way. --- Let's go, Mark Sein! PSN ID: RyuseiDateSRX <cite>SDBZ posted [p:894288435] in why do ame... [t:76214552]...</cite> <quote><cite>Yomi posted...</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.</quote> Looks like I've been saying it the US way all this time. Oh well. I don't like the "f" way. --- Let's go, Mark Sein! PSN ID: RyuseiDateSRX</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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