[PW] ? pronunciation of "lieutenant"

[Edward Franchuk]

> Why is it that "lieutenant" is pronounced "leftenant" on one side of  the Atlantic, and "lootenant" on the other?  I find the explanation  at Wikipedia less than >authoritative.

No answer for this, but I do not assume the question: Canadians pronounce the word [leftenant] and are on the same side of the Atlantic as our somewhat smaller (in area, if not in population) neighbour to the south, who pronounce it [lootenant]. Now if you were to substitute "the 49th parallel" for "the Atlantic" . . . I still wouldn't know the answer, unless the answer is "Just because."

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