On 5 January 2012 06:04, Kent A. Reed <knbr...@erols.com> wrote:

>> Next discussion: why did the "l" reappear in spelling?

> It's amazing we manage to communicate at all given the twists and turns
> our languages have taken.

I am reading a novel set in the Napoleonic war, and I was curious
about the ranks of the soldiers (that's got an L in it), specifically
the gap between Lieutenant and Lieutenant Commander. Naturally these
are pronounced "Lefftenant" in British English because, errr,
because...

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