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*** One tradition in the Canadian Forces was that a Lieutenant (Naval) would be referred to as "leftenant" while a Lieutenant in the air force or army would use the "loo-tenant" pronunciation. It served some practicality as a Lieutenant in the navy is the equivalent rank to a Captain in the air force or army, so one could differentiate between them while speaking: Loo-tenant Smith has to salute Lef-tenant Degrasse.
** Additionally, there seems to be some confusion over the names of the British armed forces. There's a Royal Air Force and a Royal Navy, but the Royal Army hasn't existed since the Civil War. The eldest surviving regiments can trace themselves back that far, but the oldest was actually founded under Cromwell and the Protectorate.
***There was however once a ''Crown'' army. This was British units assigned to India. It did not include the [[Kipling's Finest|Indian Army]] nor did it include ethnically British soldiers who happened to be serving in the Indian Army(I.E. officers, artillerymen, and a sprinkling of rankers). It did include British regiments who were raised in Britain and accounted their history as part of British history. The term ''Crown'' was to make the distinction.
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