[PW] Re: Pronunciation of _lieutenant_

[Peter Zilahy Ingerman, PhD]

Hmmm.

"loo-tenant" = one who rents a toilet in England?

That would certainly contribute to the English desire to pronounce it 
otherwise <grin>!

Peter Ingerman

Edward Franchuk wrote:

>Lois wrote:
>~~~~~~~
>"Lieu" is pronounced "loo". "Tenant" is pronounced
>"tenant". Thus "lieutenant" is pronounced "loo
>tenant". I really can't see any reason for confusion.
>:-)
> 
>It might be that the American pronunciation is more
>directly influenced by French . . .
>~~~~~~~
>Except that _lieu_ is pronounced [loo] only in US English; in French it's pronounced [l-yuh].
>
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