I'm half greek and half dutch, i live in greece, and when i read the word colonel, i didn't know that it was being pronounced as "kernel", which you sometimes hear in movies...
I would really like to know it's origin...
2006-10-27 00:49:38 · 4 answers · asked by Elsa 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Etymology: alteration of coronel, from Middle French, modification of Old Italian colonnello column of soldiers, colonel, diminutive of colonna column, from Latin columna
2006-10-27 00:55:05 · answer #1 · answered by nondescript 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Aye Suzie lass, your stuff is often a delight. i'm no longer Scottish yet between you, Craig and Billy, I specifically circumstances wish I have been. with the help of ways Craig says "doughnut" is a term for a "rude" element of the physique, as in ,"raffle yer doughnut" so what's "doughnut hurling"? additionally I "understood" what the Scotsman replaced into asserting. Does this propose I even have been watching the ' previous due previous due tutor with T.V.'s very own Craig Ferguson" too lots?
2016-10-03 00:33:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
[l] and [r] are related. There are many example of cognate words (words of the same origin) with l being replaced by an r or vice versa.
Example: tree
French: arbre
Italian: albero
Spanish: árbol
Portuguese: árvore
2006-10-27 04:05:14 · answer #3 · answered by Kavliaris 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
from far far away in another time and space
2006-10-27 01:14:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋