On 09/17/2017 09:21 AM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 16:13:37 +0100, JNugent
wrote:

On 17/09/2017 15:05, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 07:41:52 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 17/09/2017 03:46, rbowman wrote:
On 09/16/2017 07:14 PM, Meanie wrote:

Why is the "w" silent in Sword?

Why is boatswain pronounced as bosun?
Why is lieutenant pronounced as leftenant

It isn't. It's pronounce lootenant as you'd expect.

Wrong.

It is by everyone except he old fashioned posh lot.


At least you learned one thing from your American cousins. Keep watching
American movies and TV and we'll teach you to speak English yet.