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Old 11-30-2008, 05:49 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye View Post
how would lieutenant be obvious as lef-tenant? there is not F in it, and lieu its a word used often and pronounced LOO. If you tell some that in lieu of something do something else, do you pronounce it lef?
Our pronunciation is closer to the original source of the word (francophone i believe), whereas you yanks just read it as is.
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