Why the English say leftenant for lieutenant..and the greengrocer

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This little story offers another simple explanation of the inserted "F" in the pronunciation. Many years ago as a student I took a summer job working in my local greengrocers shop. Towards the end of a busy day, a hatchet-faced lady came in and after looking around, she looked down her nose and said Id like a savoy cabbage please.. I replied, Im sorry madam but weve run out of cabbage today, would you like a cauliflower? The lady huffed and puffed and said But I want a savoy cabbage. I tried to sound sympathetic and replied, I am sorry, its been a very busy day and we have no cabbage, would you like to try some broccoli Once again the lady huffed and puffed and repeated now in a very cross tone that suggested the shortage was my fault, I said I wanted a savoy cabbage. I am sorry madam I responded, again trying to be helpful, what about some spinach or chard ? Now the lady became very angry and almost spat out the words, slowly and meanlyI told you I wanted a savoy S.A.VO.Y cabbage you idiot. I looked at her carefully, Madam, I told you we have no ..CABBAFG.E cabbage ! She glared at me You idiot, theres no F in cabbage! I replied very slowly, Madam, thats what Ive been trying to tell you for the past five minutes!

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[Evil Penevil 7,625]

Very funny!

 

Evil

 

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Here's an American one on grammar.

A freshman at Yale, a southerner, approached a group of sophomores standing around on the campus, and asked:

"Can y'all tell me where the library's at?"

One of the sophomores looked down his nose at the freshman and replied:

"Here in Yale, we don't end sentences with a preposition."

The freshman thought for a moment and said:

"Can y'all tell me where the library's at, asshole?"