If you want a real laugh, show any random American the word “Worchestershire” and ask them to read it to you…
<Starts writing his novel about a military coup led by the zombie George Washington>
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. When Lincoln decided to give Grant full command of the Union Armies, Grant was made the first Lieutenant General since George Washington. (see http://www.swcivilwar.com/grant.html)
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One possible reason is that the South had already reinstalled the rank - Lee, Stuart and Longstreet were already Lieutenant Generals.
Where did I get ‘yummy’ from? I of course mean ‘minny’.
I’ve never gotten the idea behind the pronounciation of this. I’m not sure you’ve got the spelling right of that though, I may be wrong but I dont think that first ‘h’ is supposed to be there…
runs off to check
I could easily be mis-spelling it…it’s not a word that comes up in everyday usage…
As for the Lieutenant/LEF-tenant thing - I’ve never understood where the British “F” comes from in the word, but it’s consistent. Americans just pronounce it like it’s spelled. Dunno about Canadians.
From various sources, mostly fictional but presumably still trying for situational realism, I gather that commanders and lieutenant commanders who command these smaller vessels are called “Captain” where the vessel is concerned. For instance, you might hear someone say, “This is Lieut. Commander Queeg, captain of the Caine.” The officers and crew under him will address him as captain, but when he gets hauled on the carpet for cutting his towline, he gets called Lieutentant Commander Queeg (and probably a lot of other things).
Here’s a question for Navy people. Could it ever happen that an NCO gets command of a vessel? In The Caine Mutiny there’s a “grizzled Chief” commanding a harbor tug. Would his crew call him Captain, even though he’s not a commissioned officer?
Yeah, it’s a mis-spelling, but I’ll forgive you. Just this once though.
Well, it’s not an everyday word. Except maybe if you eat a lot of cheese on toast.
The sauce by that name makes an excellent marinade for seasoning beef.
Not only could, but often does. Nothing as big as a warship, but smaller vessels. Happened a lot in Viet Nam on the smaller river boats. (Remember, just off the top of my head, Martin Sheen’s trip up the river in Apocalypse Now?) I served with a Master Chief when I was a little squidling in the ‘80s who wore a command pin he got in Viet Nam. And there are enlisted folk commanding smaller boats up the road at the Amphib base riht this very minute. Do people call them "Captain’? That I don’t know, but I imagine “skipper” is used more often by their crew.
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