Could someone who's familiar with British Naval (or any other branch of British military, I guess) history educate me a little. Why do the British call the junior officers "Left-tenants" (this is misspelled, I know, didn't know of any other way to say it in print) and America, the former colony calls our junior officers Lieutenants? Or maybe how did the practice come into being of pronouncing it as "left" instead of "lieu". Also, in the same vein, again since the US was a British colony, shouldn't we be driving on the left as well? I have a ton of respect for the British people, so this question is in no way derogatory, I am just curious. Thanks and Cheers!
2006-12-27
04:52:37
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