Omackeral wrote: » Anne Doyle saying the word 'sexual' is bad on two levels. Firstly, it's like yore ma saying a word you dont wanna hear. Mostly, though, its how she pronounces itseks-ual B*itch be trippin'....
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Marlon Slow Cookie wrote: » It's lef-tenant in Britain and Ireland. Loo-tenant in the States.
drumlover22 wrote: » I was just watching tv there, and the news presenter pronounced the word lieutenant as "lef-tenant". I've always pronounced it as "loo-tenant" and it really bugs me when people pronounce it "lef-tenant"*. So any pronounciations of words that annoy any of the AHer's here? *waiting to get told I'm wrong :P
Wikipedia wrote: Pronunciation of lieutenant is generally split between the forms /lɛfˈtɛnənt/ lef-ten-ənt and /ljuːˈtɛnənt/ ( listen) lew-ten-ənt, with the former generally associated with the United Kingdom, Ireland and Commonwealth countries, and the latter generally associated with the United States.[1] The early history of the pronunciation is unclear; Middle English spellings suggest that the /ljuː-/ and /lɛf-/ pronunciations existed even then.[2] The rare Old French variant spelling luef for Modern French lieu ('place') supports the suggestion that a final [w] of the Old French word was in certain environments perceived as an [f].[2]
Sky King wrote: » OP how do you pronounce 'colonel'? Just curious....
emeraldstar wrote: » Pronounciation.
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