2022-01-20 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – C - colonel & Kernel?

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2022-01-20

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – C - colonel & Kernel?

แนะนำการใช้ ตามที่ส่วนใหญ่ใช้ แต่ละท้องถิ่น 

ความหมาย อาจผันแปร ตาม ตำแหน่ง/หน้าที่ ในประโยค

 

Dictionary.com:

ออกเสียง colonel & Kernel = “KUR-nl”

 

The A-Z of Correct English Common Errors in English Dictionary:

A COLONEL is a senior officer. 

A KERNEL is the inner part of a nut. 

 

Dictionary.com:

HOW TO PRONOUNCE COLONEL

Colonel  [kur-nl], with its medial l pronounced as [r], 

illustrates one source for the apparent vagaries of English spelling: divergence between a word's orthographic development 

and its established pronunciation.

In this case, English borrowed from French 

two variant forms of the same word, 

one pronounced with medial and final [l], 

and a second reflecting dissimilation of the first [l] to [r]. 

After a period of competition,

the dissimilated form triumphed in pronunciation, 

while the spelling colonel became the orthographic standard.

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Did you know?

English colonel is pronounced the same as kernel. 

This seems odd, but there is an explanation. 

In many languages 

when a word contains two identical or similar sounds, 

one of these sounds will often change over a period of time. 

This kind of change is called dissimilation. 

So when the Italian word colonello was taken into French,

it became coronel;

and the word was borrowed by the English from the French in this form.

Later the spelling colonel came to be used in order to reflect 

the Italian origin of the word. 

But by then the pronunciation with r was well established.

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Words at Play

Colonel and kernel are two of English’s more perplexing homophones, since nothing in the spelling of colonel hints toward an \r\ sound. 

 

So where did it come from?

When the Italian word colonello was taken into French, 

it became coronel,

and the word was borrowed into English with this spelling. 

But later the spelling colonel came to be used in order to reflect 

the Italian origin of the word, 

despite its keeping the French-influenced pronunciation.

 

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary:

colo′nel•cy, n.

pron: colonel  with its medial l pronounced as (r),

illustrates one source for the apparent vagaries of English spelling: 

divergence between a word's orthographic development 

and its established pronunciation. 

 

In this case, English borrowed from French 

two variant forms of the same word, 

one pronounced with medial and final (l), 

and a second reflecting dissimilation of the first (l) to (r). 

After a period of competition, 

the dissimilated form triumphed in pronunciation, 

while the spelling colonel became the orthographic standard.