Name Spelling
The exact name of this rank maintains a variety of spellings in different languages, but all descendant from the Old Slavonic word polk, and include the following:
- Czech Republic and Slovakia — plukovník
- Poland — pułkownik
- Slovenia — polkovnik
- Bulgaria, Macedonia, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus — полковник (, )
- Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia — pukovnik
- Georgia — პოლკოვნიკი
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Famous quotes containing the word spelling:
“The old saying of Buffon’s that style is the man himself is as near the truth as we can get—but then most men mistake grammar for style, as they mistake correct spelling for words or schooling for education.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“As to spelling the very frequent word though with six letters instead of two, it is impossible to discuss it, as it is outside the range of common sanity. In comparison such a monstrosity as phlegm for flem is merely disgusting.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)