On 01/05/2012 04:57 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 5 January 2012 06:04, Kent A. Reed<knbr...@erols.com> wrote: > > >>> Next discussion: why did the "l" reappear in spelling? >>> > >> It's amazing we manage to communicate at all given the twists and turns >> our languages have taken. >> > I am reading a novel set in the Napoleonic war, and I was curious > about the ranks of the soldiers (that's got an L in it), specifically > the gap between Lieutenant and Lieutenant Commander. Naturally these > are pronounced "Lefftenant" in British English because, errr, > because... > > We're back to the "L" causing problems again. ;-)
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