Comment on What's the weirdest thing in english?
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
“Colonel” is pronounced “ker-nel.”
HOW THE HELL IS THERE AN R SOUND IN THAT?!
bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I knew exactly what video this would be from the quote. Timeless classic!
invertedspear@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Italian sourced spelling with French sourced pronunciation. So not an English word, just a bastardized loan word.
harmbugler@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Now let’s do boatswain and forecastle. Military terms are their own class of strange.