How to Pronounce Colonel

Hey, guys, it's Hadar. And this is the accents way. I have a little story for you. When I was a little girl, we had pirate cable at home, so we would get all these American 90s military movies. And I remember myself sitting there hearing them saying the word colonel. Colonel. Colonel. Colonel. Colonel. Colonel. Jeffrey. I remember trying to imitate their pronunciation, and I knew that there is an L there, so I would always try to say it really quickly. I literally remember myself walking around the house saying this word, trying to make my pronunciation closer to the way they're saying it. Kolmul. Kolmo. It was only years later when I found out that the reason why I can't make it the same is because there is no L there. There is no l because in the word kernel, there is an R sound. And yes, I know it's weird, but that's the only word in English that is spelled with an L but pronounced with an R. So to say this word, you want to start with a K sound and then bring the tongue up for the R. Ker. Ker. Like the word sucker. Ker Ker. And then the second syllable is an N sound. So bring the tongue up to touch the upper palate and then pull it back to the L immediately. Null. Null. And it's a dark L. So you want to round your lips just a bit and then create this tension in the back. Null as you're making the l sound. Null. Colonel, colonel, colonel, colonel, Lieutenant colonel. And it's a lot easier to say than colonel, colonel, colonel, because that's kind of impossible. Okay, that's it. I hope this was helpful. Please share it with your friends to reveal the secret of the word kernel. And don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel. Have a great week, and I will see you next week in the next video. Bye.