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Why is "colonol" pronounce the same as "kernel" ?
"pronounced"... sorry
Thank you, William for an intelligent reply. To the other, less helpful ones, well, grats on your points for answering
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- WilliamLv 71 month agoFavorite Answer
English colonel is pronounced the same as kernel. This seems odd, but there is an explanation. In many languages when a word contains two identical or similar sounds, one of these sounds will often change over a period of time. This kind of change is called dissimilation. So when the Italian word colonello was taken into French, it became coronel; and the word was borrowed by the English from the French in this form.
- RandomCanyonLv 51 month ago
Colonel (military rank) not colonol, and Kernel have the same C sound.
A man ran over a box of popcorn at a military base with his car and flattened two kernels (colonels)
- Anonymous1 month ago
I know. English is hard, isn't it Comrade.
