seriously like wtf

It is. but it's pronounced "kernel"

Wtf, english is weird

But colonial is pronounced the way it looks

Regarding the word "colonel", I think it's just because English took this word from another language. It also exists in French, and it's pronounced exactly the way it is written, plain and simple.

Kernel ?? wtf isn't that corn or something

Yep

In the game 'EndWar' black French commander bro keep calling you " col-o-nel"