I swear I will Slap the Shit out of the Next Person....

[rareboy]

Who pronounces it Feb-yew-ary instead of Feb-Roo-Ary.

Every year, my ear-drums are perforated with this maladroit mispronunciation.

Just tell people to stop it.

Think of the fucking children.

[xbuzzerx]

Rareboy, do you say ky-yoe-tees or ky-outs?

[mitchymo]

Who pronounces it Feb-yew-ary instead of Feb-Roo-Ary.

Every year, my ear-drums are perforated with this maladroit mispronunciation.

Just tell people to stop it.

Think of the fucking children.

Eventually the 'r' will be dropped. Its unimportant. Feb-u-ary works fine.

Slap if you must....

[xbuzzerx]

I'll slap the shit out of the next person who says ALUMINIUM

... and "I'm 'oovering"

[eastofeden]

I want to slap the shit out of the next person who says "Like Me/Us on Facebook"

[mitchymo]

... and "I'm 'oovering"

I'll slap the shit out of the next person who pronounces it 'oovering', when all good Brits know it to be who-vring!!!

[xbuzzerx]

Hold on I couldn't hear you, my mum was 'oovering.

[diamondstar]

I want to slap the shit out of the next person who complains about something petty

[Beachguyj]

Who pronounces it Feb-yew-ary instead of Feb-Roo-Ary.

Every year, my ear-drums are perforated with this maladroit mispronunciation.

Just tell people to stop it.

Think of the fucking children.

I hate saying that word, but dictionaries say both pronunciations are correct. I usually say Ferberary.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/audio...e-br%C9%99-%5C

[xbuzzerx]

I want to slap the shit out of the next person who says "hunderd dollers."

[AshyPhoenix]

Nook-u-lar instead of nu-clee-er.

[xbuzzerx]

Nook-u-lar instead of nu-clee-er.

You are giving me flashbacks of the worst 8 years of my life as an American. STOP IT!

[unloadonme]

Who pronounces it Feb-yew-ary instead of Feb-Roo-Ary.

I agree entirely, but one hears much worse everyday. My current pet hate is misuse of "literally". I heard a woman speaking on the 'phone in the street recently and she said "I'm literally two seconds away". Of course, the person she was speaking to was nowhere to be seen. I was tempted to stop and explain, but she sounded like she was hard of thinking.

[loki81]

Feb-you-airy is an accepted pronunciation (and sounds better imo), so... suck it up.

[AshyPhoenix]

I agree entirely, but one hears much worse everyday. My current pet hate is misuse of "literally". I heard a woman speaking on the 'phone in the street recently and she said "I'm literally two seconds away". Of course, the person she was speaking to was nowhere to be seen. I was tempted to stop and explain, but she sounded like she was hard of thinking.

Oh god, "literally". Stupid people have really ruined that word. I always feel on edge when I have to use it to describe something that is, indeed, literal.

[xbuzzerx]

I will slap the shit out of the next person who says "I could care less.."

THAT MEANS YOU DO CARE! ARGH!

[AshyPhoenix]

I will slap the shit out of the next person who says "I could care less.."

THAT MEANS YOU DO CARE! ARGH!

Ack! I know what you mean. My older sister says that all the time.

[unloadonme]

Oh god, "literally". Stupid people have really ruined that word. I always feel on edge when I have to use it to describe something that is, indeed, literal.

I also heard a man being interviewed on the BBC about being an identical twin. He said that he and his brother were "literally two peas in a pod". More of a cabbage surely!

[mitchymo]

I agree entirely, but one hears much worse everyday. My current pet hate is misuse of "literally". I heard a woman speaking on the 'phone in the street recently and she said "I'm literally two seconds away". Of course, the person she was speaking to was nowhere to be seen. I was tempted to stop and explain, but she sounded like she was hard of thinking.

Now now Ulom, perhaps she can't tell the time. Even when i'm in a rush, like i am now, i'm literally typing at the speed of light.

[rareboy]

Feb-you-airy is an accepted pronunciation (and sounds better imo), so... suck it up.

Only those who think that Webster's is actually a dictionary would accept the glaring mispronunciation of a word spelled

EFF EEEEEE BEEEEE ARRRR YOU AYYY ARRRRR WHY.

Seriously.

It is just laziness.

For People who say

EYE RACK.

Or


EYE RAN

[borg69unimatrix]

I hate it when people say "Axe" instead of "ASK".

[Levi1982]

How about for Carribbean

they say CA RIB BEAN or CAR Y BE AN

LOL

[FPNY]

i know.....right?

[G-Lexington]

I'm pretty sure it's "Feb-u-ary". That's what it said when I looked it up at the li-berry.

Lex

[Sparky-Sparky-Boom-Boom]

This is what I want to do to all you whiners

[xbuzzerx]

Tokyo

Toe-KEEEEE-oh.

No.

[G-Lexington]

Is that near PEE-king?

Lex

[gsdx]

I'll let you know if I ever come acrost it.

Now, though, gotta go clean my chimbly.

[Keeland]

I want to slap the shit out of the next person who says everyday instead of every day. Or vice versa, depending on usage.

[Keeland]

Now, though, gotta go clean my chimbly.

Don't get stuck or you'll need an amblulance.

[xbuzzerx]

Is that near PEE-king?

Lex

"He's Chineeezzze"

[gsdx]

Don't get stuck or you'll need an amblulance.

No problem. Our amliances are nucular.

[thatgirl]

Feb-you-airy is an accepted pronunciation (and sounds better imo), so... suck it up.

Basically how I feel. It's acceptable to use and it sounds better, imo. *shrug*

It's one thing to say it by treating the first 'r' as silent (because it can be pronounced either way), but I think it's more of a problem if people start spelling it without the 'r'.

Anyway, here's Merriam-Webster Dictionary explaining why it happens:

Dissimilation may occur when a word contains two identical or closely related sounds, resulting in the change or loss of one of them. This happens regularly in February, which is more often pronounced \ˈfe-b(y)ə-ˌwer-ē\ than \ˈfe-brə-ˌwer-ē\, though all of these variants are in frequent use and widely accepted. The \y\ heard from many speakers is not an intrusion but rather a common pronunciation of the vowel u after a consonant, as in January and annual.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/february

[gsdx]

Oh, I'm making something to eat. Anyone want a samwitch?

[Beachguyj]

Febuary is back hitory moth.

[-Xibalba-]

Also nuclear.

It's nook - lay - ar.

NOT nook - yah - lar.

[cityboy-stl]

Well I'm tired of you Brits calling him Obamer.

[HunterM]

Oooh...I don't mind being slapped by you hotties!

[G-Lexington]

And out come the woovs.

Lex

[xbuzzerx]

Well I'm tired of you Brits calling him Obamer.

I have LONG noticed that brits change an -a on the end of the word to -er, but pronounce -er on the end of a word as -a.

Docta! Preacha! Minista!

Casanover! Obamer!

[RaKroma]

I hate it when people say "Axe" instead of "ASK".

Sou you hate black peoples?

[gsdx]

Sou you hate black peoples?

Lots of white people say it, too. Even grown-ups who should know better.

[DigitalFudge]

Who pronounces it Feb-yew-ary instead of Feb-Roo-Ary.

Every year, my ear-drums are perforated with this maladroit mispronunciation.

Just tell people to stop it.

Think of the fucking children.

I can't even spell it correctly (Forget the R) let alone saying it right

[bankside]

I'll skip the obvious ones, like "ax" and "nukeyouler" and I'll partially agree with Rareboy: I prefer February. I can tolerate Febiouary. I despise Febba Wary, which I have heard uttered by more than one person.

But "foyer" rhymes with "gay."

When people say "foyerrrrrr," I want to slap the shit into them via the same orifice that has delivered this abomination of a word.

Also, I've noticed old eastern-Canadians tend to say Tuesdee, Thursdee, etc. instead of Tuesday, Thursday. That has to stop too, but at least mortality is improving the language naturally. (again, the lesson is: just rhyme things with "gay." )

Also, "kigh oat eee" is correct.

[gsdx]

Walla! The peece duh rayzeestahnss, a chase long.

[BFizzle]

Sou you hate black peoples?

Couldn't you have at least waited until after Black History Month?

[bankside]

Lots of white people say it, too. Even grown-ups who should know better.

More to the point, lots of black people don't mispronounce it.

[G-Lexington]

It looks like a lot of JUBbers are acting like a bunch of pre-Madonnas.

Lex

[purina]

Let's not neglect the first "d" in Wednesday then - I think it's fun to pronounce.
And as some are having a go at the Brits - its Mishigan, not Mitch-again.

[thatgirl]

More to the point, lots of black people don't mispronounce it.

Yeah, I don't really come across many black people who use axe/axed in place of ask/asked. And I don't use it myself.

But perhaps it's more of an American thing because I do notice a lot of black (and white) Americans pronouncing it like that...