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minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 days agoDon’t even get me started on Colonel.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours agoWait until you hear about “boatswain”.
minus-squareSeductiveTortoise@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoI always thought colonel would be pronounced colonel, but it’s colonel instead!
minus-squarewander1236@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoAnyone who makes fun of eastern Asian languages for not differentiating between L and R has never compared romance languages.
minus-squareLinnce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoIn Portuguese it’s spelled coronel and pronounced just like that, with the R in the middle. I can’t think of a single word where the L and R interchange. I can’t speak for other romance languages though.
minus-squarewander1236@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoI’m not thinking specifically of colonel. There are things with Spanish vs Portuguese like plato vs prato, playa vs praia, etc. Colonel is also actually an example since it uses an L in French but an R in Spanish and Portuguese.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoWhich romance languages, at that! They’re all different! Haha
Don’t even get me started on Colonel.
Wait until you hear about “boatswain”.
I always thought colonel would be pronounced colonel, but it’s colonel instead!
Anyone who makes fun of eastern Asian languages for not differentiating between L and R has never compared romance languages.
In Portuguese it’s spelled coronel and pronounced just like that, with the R in the middle. I can’t think of a single word where the L and R interchange. I can’t speak for other romance languages though.
I’m not thinking specifically of colonel. There are things with Spanish vs Portuguese like plato vs prato, playa vs praia, etc.
Colonel is also actually an example since it uses an L in French but an R in Spanish and Portuguese.
Which romance languages, at that! They’re all different! Haha
you mean “kornul”?
Kernuhl