26 янв. 2024 г. · It's more like “k(e)r nl” in General American. “Kuh nl” is closer to RP (“stereotypical English”).

11 июн. 2017 г. · Wrong. It's actually pronounced like "feat" and "bead", and it seems really weird to me because for more than a decade of my life I was dead ...

8 мар. 2016 г. · The word kernel can be pronounced CARE-nel and colonel can be pronounced KUR-nel. Many Scottish accents retain the historical distinction ...

7 мая 2024 г. · Colonel comes from the French word Coronel. While the spelling changed, Americans still pronounce it more like it used to be spelled.

28 апр. 2022 г. · To clarify, it was spelt that way to align with the Italian colonello, which is actually pronounced as it's spelt.

14 февр. 2023 г. · Language experts say this is because the French wanted to have the "r" sound in the word, instead of the two "l" sounds.

26 сент. 2010 г. · The confusing pronunciation of colonel is due to several errors. Colonel comes from the Italian colonello, which meant 'the officer who led a little column of ...

13 июл. 2012 г. · Because saying "kur-nl" with a southern accent makes for a great SNL sketch.

27 нояб. 2020 г. · This pronunciation is quite old, it dates back to 14 century. Some etymologists think that people confused letter U with the letter V, so the ...

23 июн. 2022 г. · Colonel is ALWAYS pronounced as "kernel." We just have strange spelling.