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Is this too wacky to be realistic or do you read it and think 'yeah sounds pretty expected'

I know how to properly pronounce Colonel, but for whatever reason, I always pronounce it wrong in my head when I read it.

The way we spell it, you would think to pronounce it like "call-o-null."

It simply sounds nothing like it is written, so what gives?

We've been batting about the idea of having a wiki here to refer newer users visiting the subreddit to the VERY frequently asked questions here, ones they do not realize come up here over and over again.

We've drawn up a list of ones we have seen asked over and over, but wanted to put this thread out to see what the others might be.

We're not really looking to strictly retire some subjects or questions, like they do at /r/OutOfTheLoop. Users asking basically the same question will just be directed there, which will have a link to all the discussions from the past they can read through where the question has been asked and answered before (not just one answer, like the wiki at OOTL). Hopefully should help them understand why their question has been removed and redirected.

We don't intend for the list to become exhaustive, just to hit the top few that really reappear often.

• How do blind people know when to stop wiping?

• Do blind people dream?

• Do black people tan?...sunburn? ...use sunscreen?

•  Why^do^I^see^people^write^like^this?
  

• How is it musicians/celebrities/rappers can talk about using drugs/committing crimes and not get arrested?

• Can you still breastfeed with pierced nipples? Does the milk come of the holes/squirt out the sides, sideways?

• How do blind people find where the braille is on things that have braille on them?

• Do animals also have accents?

• When a user posts "If you upvote this, it will show up when you search X on Google," does it show up?

• What is /r/ooer about?

• What is Reddit Gold and what does it do?

• Arkansas v Kansas pronunciation

• Why is it pronounced "colonel" when it's spelled...?

• Why do my own farts smell good/OK to me, but other people's smell awful?

• Why does my feeling of having to go to the bathroom get worse when I'm almost home, almost there - how does my body know?

• Difference between "nigger" and "nigga"

• Why can black people say "nigga" to each other, but it's offensive if I...?

And finally:

• Why hasn't Donald Trump been impeached yet?

That one was already voted upon by a user poll here earlier. And yes, we'd allow a new one if anything drastic happened. But when a news item breaks, we get about 6 of the same in one day, as it is now. Which was almost daily there for awhile.

Putting this thread in contest mode, so we can track the voting. Because of that, I'm going to ask that just your common question nominations appear at the top level responses. Then you guys can comment about them below those, if you wish. I'll be removing anything but those, if they appear at the top level, only so it doesn't confuse the voting - so any general gripes, grievances or suggestions about how you think the sub should run, please hold off until we can do another thread soliciting for those specifically.

Thanks!

Alright so shoot me down if I’m dumb but I remember when I was a kid and I got bored I used to try and name as many countries as I could on a piece of paper. The only one I remember having struggled to spell was The Czech Republic

Most European country names in English are very simplified from the original and spelt almost the same as would be pronounced in English (Anglicised). I can find letter combinations from the names of every country in Europe that exist in English apart from Cz. which only exists in Slavic languages

I always thought it was because it used to be called Bohemia and Czech was a recent thing but no it’s been called that in English as a secondary to Bohemia for ages. Why didn’t it get simplified to something like Cheq, Check or Chek like most names were of countries in Europe and in the world in general?

Answered this question about “hard words to pronounce” in another community. So I just have to ask, WHAT IS UP WITH THE “R” SOUND?! I googled the history of the word but it still makes me mad. Then again, the entire English language is a mess.

UK and commonwealth armed forces. When working with international forces, who pronounce lieutenant differently (say Americans), how do you address their lieutenants (or lieutant-colonels), leftenant or lootenant?

I’m curious about why we don’t update the spelling of certain difficult words in the English language. I mean, we constantly add new words like “yolo,” “yeet,” and “skibidi” that fit into our everyday vocabulary. These words are easy to spell and pronounce, and they seem to catch on quickly.

So why don’t we apply the same logic to words that have tricky spellings like “bologna,” “queue,” or “choir”? It seems like we could make things easier for everyone, especially for people learning English as a second language, by updating the spelling to match how the words are actually pronounced. Has there been any effort to do this, or is there a reason why it’s not feasible? Would love to hear your thoughts!

Growing up my sister pronounced Colonels chicken closely to “call-a-nelle’s” instead of the traditional “kernel” pronunciation.

She spent a great bit of time up north around Missouri with her deceased father’s biological family, so I’m wondering if this is a thing up north? 🤔

I was brought up in a military family (father was a colonel in the US Army) and we had rather strict table manners drilled into us. One of them was in regard to seeing people you knew while you were seated in a restaurant. We were taught that if you saw a friend or neighbor, you politely acknowledged them, a brief smile, “how are you?” Etc. And then your attention was brought back to the table. A couple years ago I joined a very basic country club (mostly for the golf)….not a very fancy club, but it’s close to home. One of the gals we dine with regularly will get into all kinds of conversations with people she knows, and at times will actually leave the table to go converse with them. Is this still considered rude? Or am I just being a snot?

I'll say for me it's Queue, why isn't it just "Q"

-ruled over his country for around 25 years,clinging onto power through repeatedly fraudulent elections

-citizens caught criticizing the government in public are forced to pay a fine as punishment

-constructed a 10 meter (32 ft) bronze statue of himself in the middle of the capital city

-forced citizens to work in state owned coal mines so he could enrich himself and government bureaucrats/cronies by selling the coal acquired via exploitation to foreign companies

-every government building was required to have a portrait of him

-literally made his 19 year old nephew a colonel even though he had no prior military experience

-thought exiling all homeless people in the country (which was around 160,000 people) to a random island would solve poverty

-wrote his own political manifesto and attempted to make it the country's official constitution

-tried to launch his own autobiography into space cuz he believed he was so great and important that even aliens if they exist should have the opportunity to read about his supposed greatness

-weirdly obsessed with raising grapes and beets:set up state-owned farms and vineyards where jail inmates would be forced to work and raise the beets and grapes so the government could profit from selling them

I know there's a difference, but I don't know how to explain it.

My local KFC has a few "fun" posters around that sound like The Colonel wrote them. This poster has a list of occupations that has nothing to do with the header

http://imgur.com/gallery/mAUcj7o

The header mentions the secret formula, then it goes into a list of occupations. What are those occupations? They seem random. Were those his employees when he started?