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Posted: 1/15/2013 1:46:02 PM EDT
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Because its French.
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Posted: 1/15/2013 1:47:05 PM EDT
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Quoted: Because its French. |
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Posted: 1/15/2013 1:47:49 PM EDT
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That can not be true, not all french words have an 'R' sound...
Damn Frogs! THey have infiltrated our military! This is almost as bad as left-tenuit. |
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Posted: 1/15/2013 1:48:04 PM EDT
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Because its French. Damn French. |
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Posted: 1/15/2013 1:48:23 PM EDT
[#5]
Because the fried chicken guy said so.
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Posted: 1/15/2013 1:51:01 PM EDT
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Because the fried chicken guy said so. Finally, the TRUTH! |
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Posted: 1/15/2013 2:26:29 PM EDT
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Same reason the Brits say "Leftenant."
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Posted: 1/15/2013 2:29:17 PM EDT
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Wtf up with botswain?
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Posted: 1/15/2013 2:30:34 PM EDT
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Better yet, how come we don't pronounce the "G" in Bologna?
For that matter, why did my parents insist I call it "baloney" |
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Posted: 1/15/2013 2:31:42 PM EDT
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Because it's an insidious trap by the Japanese.
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Posted: 1/15/2013 2:32:09 PM EDT
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Because its French. But, but, Lebeau on "Hogan's Heroes" never said it like /kernel/ it was always /colon-el/. |
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Posted: 1/15/2013 2:33:36 PM EDT
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Rolls off the tongue. At ease gentlemen. I'll be in the area all day.
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Posted: 1/15/2013 2:34:27 PM EDT
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Same reason the Brits say "Leftenant." wrong...lieu tenant..put 'em together, you get, simply, "replacement." Lieutenant is pronounced the same way we do but more "French" sounding. |
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Posted: 1/15/2013 2:35:58 PM EDT
[#14]
Connect -i-cut
Wed - ness - day 
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Posted: 1/15/2013 2:40:38 PM EDT
[#15]
And I thought reading was hard - pronunciation is even worser!
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Posted: 1/15/2013 2:45:12 PM EDT
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Because the fried chicken guy said so. I'm too drunk to taste this chicken. - Kernel Sanders |
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Posted: 1/15/2013 4:17:58 PM EDT
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Same reason the Brits say "Leftenant." wrong...lieu tenant..put 'em together, you get, simply, "replacement." Lieutenant is pronounced the same way we do but more "French" sounding. But, you missed my very dry, British joke... |
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Posted: 1/15/2013 4:19:15 PM EDT
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Quoted: Connect -i-cut Wed - ness - day Jan - uary |
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Posted: 1/15/2013 4:30:11 PM EDT
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Don't even try to pronounce "forecastle", your head may explode!!
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Posted: 1/15/2013 4:52:12 PM EDT
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Same reason the Brits say "Leftenant." wrong...lieu tenant..put 'em together, you get, simply, "replacement." Lieutenant is pronounced the same way we do but more "French" sounding. But, you missed my very dry, British joke... Leftenant Some good answers to that question.
My favorite: In British slang, of which there is a great deal, the word loo refers to a toilet. I assume they do not want to give the impression that a leftenant is a resident of a toilet as in loo-tenant. |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 2:05:45 AM EDT
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IIRC it comes from Spanish "coronel" or something like that. How it got swapped for an L, not sure, but shit like that happens a lot.
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Posted: 1/16/2013 2:23:19 AM EDT
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Quoted: Rolls off the tongue. At ease gentlemen. I'll be in the area all day. Bwahahahahahaaaaa!! |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 2:30:46 AM EDT
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Because it's an insidious trap by the Japanese. Hey, I'm Japanese, and...you're right. Heh. You found out about our insidious plan for world domination! Or at least to give us all a good laugh. |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 2:39:59 AM EDT
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Two words.
Pneumonia Phone WTF is that all about? |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 2:41:02 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/16/2013 2:41:07 AM EDT
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It's a Southern thing.
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Posted: 1/16/2013 2:42:34 AM EDT
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Because it's an insidious trap by the Japanese. Hey, I'm Japanese, and...you're right. Heh. You found out about our insidious plan for world domination! Or at least to give us all a good laugh. Are you a rieutenant by any chance?
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Posted: 1/16/2013 2:44:12 AM EDT
[#28]
Why do Brazilian mma fighters with names like "Royce" pronounce them like"Hoyce"?
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Posted: 1/16/2013 2:44:28 AM EDT
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Wtf up with botswain? Lost his "a"? |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 3:09:58 AM EDT
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Perhaps the most pertinent question.
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Posted: 1/16/2013 3:12:32 AM EDT
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Try to spell "laboratory" without pronouncing it like the British do--the ohh goes away.
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Posted: 1/16/2013 3:25:55 AM EDT
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I like the way British people say al-U-mini-um, even though they're clearly wrong.
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Posted: 1/16/2013 3:40:57 AM EDT
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Why do Brazilian mma fighters with names like "Royce" pronounce them like"Hoyce"? Portuguese has had some unusual sound changes especially in Brazil. "R" is pronounced all kinds of different ways in different languages, like the German and French throaty Rs vs. the English soft Rs vs. the Spanish tapped Rs vs. the Russian trilled Rs. Brazilian Portuguese in many dialects started from the throaty R and moved the mouth position around. As an example, many Brazilians would say Rio de Janeiro "Hee-o djee zhaneroo" |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 3:43:15 AM EDT
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Wtf up with botswain? Botswana? no clue... |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:15:44 AM EDT
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Wtf up with botswain? Botswana? no clue... Boatswain. Pronounced: bosun |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:19:02 AM EDT
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Same reason russians call ships wessels.
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:26:04 AM EDT
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Don't even try to pronounce "forecastle", your head may explode!! Foaksal? 
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:49:31 AM EDT
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Wtf up with botswain? Lots of people in the Navy lisp... |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:52:50 AM EDT
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Same reason russians call ships wessels. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile But where do you keep the nuclear wessels? |
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Posted: 1/16/2013 7:59:41 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/16/2013 8:01:30 AM EDT
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I'm going with this.
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Because it's an insidious trap by the Japanese. |
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