I've got a good many years in the military as enlisted scum. Two favorite
sayings were:
1. They call them Lieutenant because "Idiot" was already taken.
2. Enlisted men have many faults. Officers only two. Everything they say
and everything they do.
Cheers!!
Jim
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Dave KK7SS <kk7ss at frontier.com> wrote:
> >From the French..
> 'Lieu' == place
> 'Tenant' == holding
> Lieutenant == Holding in Place..
>
> As my ex-"Desert Rat" uncle ued to say, they make them Lt's because there's
> no other position to trust them with <Grin>
>
> "And, of course, "Lieutenant" is commonly pronounced as "Leftenat" in the
> RAF and the Army. Comes from French roots which the Brits will deny in no
> uncertain terms... ;-)"
>
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> Dave G KK7SS
> DN06ig Richland, WA
>
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