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>colonel
>kernel

Why?

>> No.4061320

million dollar question right there

>> No.4061323

>>4061320
sup -50344 postcount

>> No.4061325

>>4061306
the spelling originates from the italian word yet the pronunciation is of english origin

That is all
/thread

>> No.4061327
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>>4061325
>not spelling shit how its pronounced

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>> No.4061336

>>4061327
Let's disregard a significant proportion of the entire English language then shall we?

>> No.4061338

>>4061327
>using ebonics
your nigger is showing

>> No.4061339

>>4061323
You're not funny, and yes, I get the reference.

>> No.4061347

>>4061339
the idea is not every thread needs a snarky shitpost that adds nothing even if you're an internet veteran who thinks his brand of weird twitter sass is magically more incisive than any random redditor's

>> No.4061357
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>>4061347

>> No.4061365

Because when you say Colonel Angus with a deep southern accent it sounds like cunnulingus

>> No.4061370

>>4061365
You've got that backwards, dude.

>> No.4061372

If you say beer can with a Jamaican accent, it sounds like bacon.

>> No.4061376

>>4061372
I love you.

>> No.4061998

>>4061323
FYAD owns.

>> No.4062044

>lieutenant
>left-tenant

Why, Britain?

>> No.4062057

>>4061306
>pronouncing aluminum as Aloo-Min-ee-um

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>vit-a-min

>> No.4062164

>>4062057
It makes more sense.

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4062252

You guys will love this.

It's too bad it's only the US, but it shows that we all pronounce things differently.

I agree with you OP, Colonel is a stupid word, the written form seems like it should be three syllables, but the spoken form is only two.

>> No.4062253

>>4062252

Link to the full site with many other dialect maps

http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/maps.html

>> No.4062266

>>4061336
why stop there?

english is shit

>> No.4062271

>>4062164
How? All I see between 'n' and 'm' is the letter 'u.'

>> No.4062275

>>4062252
if you don't pronounce it ogle then you're a dumbass

>> No.4062277

>>4062271
Not if you spell it correctly, aluminium

>> No.4062283

>>4062275

That's just your opinion. What the map shows us is that there are no ultimate correct ways of pronouncing words.

>> No.4062295

>>4062283
That picture doesn't say that at all. What it says is that some people are uneducated morons.

>> No.4062299

>>4062295

By what standard?

Where are you getting the "proper" word/pronunciation for the action/word of Ogling?

>> No.4062303

>>4062299
From the dictionary.

>> No.4062306

>>4062303

Where are the people who wrote the dictionary getting their "proper" word/pronunciation for the action/word of Ogling from? Surely it's not off the top of their heads?

And not only that, but which dictionary? They are not all the same.

>> No.4062313

Once I was playing Clue with some chick and she pronounced it Colonial Mustard.

>> No.4062332

>>4062313
It's cluedo