February = Feb-rury/Feb-ury

[Scot LaFaive]

I never received the strict correction of a grammario-facist, so I've said
"Feb-u-ary" for 32 years and don't see any end to my grammario-porn in
sight.

Scot



>From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
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>Subject: Re: February = Feb-rury/Feb-ury
>Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 06:05:39 -0800
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>I always said "Febuary" till second or third grade. Then they made me
>switch to "February."
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>   I hear both all the time.
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>   JL
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>neil <neil at TYPOG.CO.UK> wrote:
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>Is this an indicator of class or regional pronunciation?
>
>As a limey, sometimes I say Feb-rury, and sometimes Feb-ru-ary.
>
>"ATF knows tomorrow's February." He pronounced both rs, He hated it when
>people made it rhyme with =8CJanuary=B9.
>--Loren D, Estleman, =8CStress=B9, 1996 [Robert Hale, London, 1997, 253]
>
>Neil Crawford
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