Re: OT: Worcestershire sauce
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 7, 2003, 14:34 |
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On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 09:13:21AM +0100, Peter Bleackley wrote:
> Of course, it's only the Army and the RAF who pronounce it as
> [leften&nt]. The Royal Navy says [l=ten&nt].
Really? An initial [l=]? That seems odd to me; I'd expect
something more like [l@'ten@nt].
But the different pronunciations of ranks aren't as annoying as
having the same rank name associated with different grades.
I understand the historical reasons why a navy captain is
three grades higher than an army captain, but I think it's high
time one or the other rank was renamed. Or perhaps both, and
"captain" could go back to referring only to whoever's in charge
of a vessel under weigh.
-Mark
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