[PW] Re: ? pronunciation of "lieutenant"

[Webb, KerryA]

Peter asked
> 
> 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.
> 

And just to confuse the issue a little more.  In the Royal Navy, until
recent times, the pronunciation was luh-tenant (with a very short "luh")

Kerry 
  
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