>One of the worst spelled word in the English language (depending on where you live) has to be 'Colonel'. Where the heck's the 'R'?
The lack of the "R" bothers you but not the fact that "colon" if pronounced "Ker". Does it take a lot of guts to be a "colon-el"? :-)
It seems that many words coming from the original French (where this word is pronounced correctly) get corrupted in English. Another rank, "lieutenant" is pronounced "left-tenant" in Britain. There is a stately home called "Beaulieu" -"bo-lyuh" you'd think? - no, "byew-lee". Go figure.
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
