2007-11-27 15:16:37 · 21 answers · asked by Riley 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
For the same reason we pronounce Colonel as "kernel". It's a word not of english origin that's kept its original pronunciation.
2007-11-27 15:19:48 · answer #1 · answered by Spartacus! 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋
Because we pronounce corps as core?
2007-11-27 23:19:33 · answer #2 · answered by koiyty 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"Corps" and "Corpse" obviously have the same word origin, meaning "the Body." Just liek "Corpus Christi" means the "Body of Christ."
Corps come sto English by way of French, and just as we English speakers are want to do...we kept the original French pronounciation.
2007-11-27 23:38:05 · answer #3 · answered by Greenman 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It's an experiment in the government's Mind Control Project.
2007-11-27 23:27:46 · answer #4 · answered by Cyali 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
lol i ask my husband that all the time. hes in the signal corps so i say it as corpS. just to tick him off. lol i asked him the same question and he said...i dunno. cause they tell us to say it like that so i do..that way i dont end up trying to push the grass to china.
2007-11-28 00:18:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the right way to say it corps
and for soldiers they like to call it core as in (togetheir) (group) as an hard core
2007-11-27 23:20:54 · answer #6 · answered by Brown Boy 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's a french word
2007-11-27 23:20:12 · answer #7 · answered by joseph b 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
why is Illinois ...illinoy and Louisville.... lllluuvvvlll,( oh, i forgot, i was raised there, y'all say it Luisville or Loueyville) and the entire English Language has a million and one exceptions to the rules? i dont know?
2007-11-27 23:23:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
i think corps could be mistaken for corpse and that would deter people from joining.
2007-11-27 23:29:47 · answer #9 · answered by Roxanne G 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It has something to do with the marines and the way that they do things. I remember reading somewhere a while ago but I cannot remember the exact reason. if I find it I will let you know.
2007-11-27 23:19:24 · answer #10 · answered by ♠925theoutlaw♣ 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋