Comments on: Bombardier http://blog.osirra.com/2008/11/02/bombardier/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:35:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve http://blog.osirra.com/2008/11/02/bombardier/comment-page-1/#comment-2709 Steve Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:37:33 +0000 http://www.osirra.com/?p=1381#comment-2709 <p>You are not entirely incorrect. The word is of course derived from the French and was adopted as a non-commissioned rank in the British Royal Artillery, subordinate to a Corporal up until 1920 when it replaced that rank. The correct pronunciation within the British armed forces is of course the latter (venison). In the same way that we have "Leff-tenant" to the American "Loo-tenant".</p> You are not entirely incorrect. The word is of course derived from the French and was adopted as a non-commissioned rank in the British Royal Artillery, subordinate to a Corporal up until 1920 when it replaced that rank. The correct pronunciation within the British armed forces is of course the latter (venison). In the same way that we have “Leff-tenant” to the American “Loo-tenant”.

]]> By: Simon Everest http://blog.osirra.com/2008/11/02/bombardier/comment-page-1/#comment-2697 Simon Everest Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:49:15 +0000 http://www.osirra.com/?p=1381#comment-2697 <p>The correct pronunciation is of course inherited from the televisual equivalent of an armed forces OED... namely 'It Ain't 'Alf Hot Mum', and it is (of course) the venison version.</p> <p>Conversely, the manufacturers of this - http://tinyurl.com/64vncn - use the namby pamby version you preferred for your pint. Probably what you'd expect from the almost French.</p> The correct pronunciation is of course inherited from the televisual equivalent of an armed forces OED… namely ‘It Ain’t ‘Alf Hot Mum’, and it is (of course) the venison version.

Conversely, the manufacturers of this – http://tinyurl.com/64vncn – use the namby pamby version you preferred for your pint. Probably what you’d expect from the almost French.

]]> By: roger http://blog.osirra.com/2008/11/02/bombardier/comment-page-1/#comment-2696 roger Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:55:00 +0000 http://www.osirra.com/?p=1381#comment-2696 <p>dan, in NI there is a key company in the province called Bombardier pronounced bomb bard ee ay. So you are both right</p> dan, in NI there is a key company in the province called Bombardier pronounced bomb bard ee ay. So you are both right

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