A Conversation for Being American
How else would you pronounce it?
TRPhil Posted Jun 20, 2005
In fact the Americans are closer to the correct pronunciation than us Brits given the word's origin in French. 
How else would you pronounce it?
Milos Posted Jun 20, 2005
How strange!
What else are you Brits pronouncing wrong? 
How else would you pronounce it?
Mullet Posted Jun 20, 2005
Yes, but you still shouldn't let them know that.
How else would you pronounce it?
AlexoOo Posted Jun 20, 2005
We dant pranounce enyfing else wrong, yer yankee!
How else would you pronounce it?
Kyra Posted Jun 20, 2005
I love the British way of pronouncing lieutenant, it's so quaint!
How else would you pronounce it?
TRPhil Posted Jun 22, 2005
Thinking about it, most of the words that are pronounced wrongly by us Brits are ones originating in French... Maybe there's a reason for that?
How else would you pronounce it?
muffin_monkey Posted Jun 30, 2006
HOW COULD "US BRITS" SPELL PRONOUNCE ANY ENGLISH WRONG IF WE INVENTED THE WORDS IN FIRST PLACE. SURELY IT IS "YOU YANKS" WHO HAVE IT DEVISTATINGLY WORNG. ROWT? NO, ROUTE. ROOT. LET'S ALL SAY IT TOGETHER ROOOT
How else would you pronounce it?
muffin_monkey Posted Jun 30, 2006
erm, i'm sorry about that, it's just i've wanted to say that for so long
I love saying words all crazy like
but
look at the word zebra
not zeebra
zebra
i sgould stop now before i start ranting again
How else would you pronounce it?
muffin_monkey Posted Jun 30, 2006
one last thing though (tho, not though(like cough but with a th) but you manage to say that right
IT'S PRONOUNCED LEFTENANT
How else would you pronounce it?
yodelingyorkies Posted Apr 28, 2008
wow...i never realized that you guys said the lieutenant leftenant!!?? how weird...there's definitely no "f" in it, but whatever ...so just out of curiousity, do you guys pronounce colonel kernel???
and how exactly do you guys say zebra...zehbra??? wow, brain overload...
my whole perspective of the world just changed completely...
How else would you pronounce it?
Phoenician Trader Posted Apr 29, 2008
In gets more complicated, lieutenant is pronounced differently in the army and navy. Lef-tenant in the army and luh-tenant in the navy.
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How else would you pronounce it?
- 1: Milos (Jun 20, 2005)
- 2: Oberon2001 (Scout) (Jun 20, 2005)
- 3: TRPhil (Jun 20, 2005)
- 4: Milos (Jun 20, 2005)
- 5: Mullet (Jun 20, 2005)
- 6: AlexoOo (Jun 20, 2005)
- 7: Kyra (Jun 20, 2005)
- 8: Phoenician Trader (Jun 21, 2005)
- 9: TRPhil (Jun 22, 2005)
- 10: muffin_monkey (Jun 30, 2006)
- 11: muffin_monkey (Jun 30, 2006)
- 12: muffin_monkey (Jun 30, 2006)
- 13: yodelingyorkies (Apr 28, 2008)
- 14: Phoenician Trader (Apr 29, 2008)
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