Herbert Graf wrote:

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>        That's very true in many of the cases I've seen. In many other languages
>the way it is spelt is how it sounds. In English this can get from "close"
>to WAY off. My favorite example is Colonel. In NA most people pronounce it
>as kernel. I think the English pronounce it the way it is actually spelt.
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Odd, I've never heard anyone pronounce it "co-lon-el" before. ;-)

JIm

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