Words That Look Wrong How do you say this word (colonel). It looks like co-lo-nel, doesn’t it? But that’s not how we say it. It’s pronounced /ˈkɜːnᵊl/. What about this word? (yacht) It’s not /jæʧt/. It’s /jɒt/. We get this word from Dutch, so blame them, not us. How about this? (queue) It looks like /kjuːjʊiːʊiː/ but we say /kjuː/. English spellings seems to make no sense sometimes. Do you know any more words where the spelling and pronunciation are totally different? #english #englishteacher #e

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He Went Too Far During Drill — Within Minutes, Four Colonels Arrived and Ended His Career “You think you can handle real combat, princess?” Staff Sergeant Derek Voss’s voice sliced through the cold Nevada air a heartbeat before his blow did. The hit sent Private Alexis Kane to the dust during a “demonstration” on the hand-to-hand mat, while 31 other recruits stared, frozen. “Stay down where you belong,” he sneered, boots inches from her face. “This isn’t dress-up, little girl.” It was supposed t

HE WENT TOO FAR DURING DRILL — WITHIN MINUTES, FOUR COLONELS ARRIVED AND ENDED HIS CAREER "You think you can handle real combat, princess?" Staff Sergeant Derek Voss’s voice sliced through the cold Nevada air a heartbeat before his boot did. The kick sent Private Alexis Kane sprawling into the dust while 31 other recruits stared, frozen. "Stay down where you belong," he sneered, looming over her. "This isn’t dress-up, little girl." Voss was famous for "breaking" recruits. He thought this was jus