how the rank “colonel” is pronounced “kernel” despite having any R’s? Is there history with this word that transcends its spelling?

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Not an expert by any means, but I’m gonna go with ‘blame french’. That language, while very pleasing to the ear, is a bit of a mess. France was powerful in the past and spread their language to a lot of places that ended up keeping some of their words. So now a lot of countries and languages have words that don’t make sense when compared to the rest of their language.