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Spinoff of Cavalry thread - Colonel, how does it get the R sound?

Posted on 9/4/19 at 10:56 pm
Posted by theantiquetiger
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Posted on 9/4/19 at 10:56 pm
Colonel is pronounced kernel, why the R sound?
Posted by momentoftruth87
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Posted on 9/4/19 at 10:57 pm to
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Spinoff of Cavalry thread


Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 9/4/19 at 10:57 pm to
Posted by weagle99
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Posted on 9/4/19 at 11:05 pm to
I want people to call me Colonel
Posted by theantiquetiger
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Posted on 9/4/19 at 11:11 pm to
Kernel Weagle
Posted by The Boat
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Posted on 9/4/19 at 11:14 pm to
From the noise the fried chicken made in the KFC pressure cookers.
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 9/4/19 at 11:16 pm to
Because John Wayne said "THE Calvary is coming!"

And Geronimo replied, "You stupid fig. It's 'cavalry'. And there's no 'the'.
Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 9/4/19 at 11:28 pm to
quote:

And there's no 'the'.

Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 9/4/19 at 11:33 pm to
You posted it inter-threadly?

You're gone from Chris to Ahab
Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 9/4/19 at 11:38 pm to
Wheels doesn’t provide multiple sources of proof.

Posted by SloaneRanger
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Posted on 9/5/19 at 6:08 am to
That's how an asian would say it.
Posted by DragginFly
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Posted on 9/5/19 at 6:34 am to
Because Col - O - Nel Lingus wouldn’t be funny.
Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 9/5/19 at 6:46 am to
When her colon got my D, it made her make a low moaning sound.

That’s all the related etymology I got on that.
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