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Topic	why do americans pronounce colonel as kernul?
MrBobGray 01/18/18 7:57:16 AM #25:	pegusus123456 posted... A long time ago, colonel had two different spellings and pronunciations. The word was originally Italian and French "borrowed" it, changing it from colonello to coronnel. Both versions made it into English with writers eventually deciding to go with the original Italian spelling. The pronunciations competed for a while longer and eventually settled on the French pronunciation. If anything proves how ass backwards our language is, its this. --- Do you have Prince Albert in a can? <cite>MrBobGray posted [p:894287584] in why do ame... [t:76214552]...</cite> <quote><cite>pegusus123456 posted...</cite> <quote>A long time ago, colonel had two different spellings and pronunciations. The word was originally Italian and French "borrowed" it, changing it from colonello to coronnel. Both versions made it into English with writers eventually deciding to go with the original Italian spelling. The pronunciations competed for a while longer and eventually settled on the French pronunciation.</quote> If anything proves how ass backwards our language is, its this. --- Do you have Prince Albert in a can?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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