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didn't help at all thx the only reason it's pronounced "Kernel" is because simply they felt like it. But it still makes no sense.
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Let me simplify it for you.
It's pronounced
kernel because there were originally two ways to say and spell it.
Colonello (The Italian translation) and
coronel (The Spanish translation). Like most words, overtime it evolved and the the pronunciation changed and became mixed in a way which makes it sound like
ˈkəːn(ə)l. The spelling of the word also evolved, it became spelt like the Spanish translation,
coronel but with the
L from the Italian spelling to make
Colonel.
Words evolve, just look at old English and compare it to now. It's very different but you can see how certain words are similar to how we would say them today.