MILITARY RANK WORDS: How to say ’lieutenant’ and why army hierarchy is all wrong

In this etymological march through the army ranks I’m rewriting the military hierarchy. I’ve come up with a new order for the rankings of officers and soldiers based entirely on what the titles *actually* mean. Check out my ’New Military Order’ and while you’re at, discover: 📗 Why LIEUTENANT is pronounced loo-tenant and lef-tenant/left-tenant 📗 Why COLONEL is spelt in that confusing way 📗 What links a SERGEANT with a butler 📗 Why a FIELD MARSHAL should actually be the lowest rank 📗 Where one should place one’s PRIVATES Check me out on Twitter & TikTok: ​​ @robwords ==CHAPTERS== 0:00 Introduction 1:10 LIEUTENANT - How to say it (loo-tenant v left-tenant) 3:52 COLONEL - Why it’s spelt like that 5:21 SERGEANT - Why it means servant 6:23 MAJOR - What it means 7:12 CAPTAIN - Its Latin origins 7:38 CORPORAL - Nothing to do with corporal punishment 8:16 GENERAL - Why it’s so vague 9:09 PRIVATE - Why are they private? 9:57 FIELD MARSHAL - Why they’re just a horse servant 11:02 Final Rankings