Saturday, April 18, 2009

February

OK, maybe it's a generational gap issue, but since when did people start pronouncing the "r" in February? I remember growing up and learning to pronounce it as feb-you-air-ee. Yet I've heard it recently on NPR being pronounced as feb-brew-air-ee. Now, while both are considered acceptable by Merriam-Webster, when did people decide they prefer the latter over the former? And who are these people? (sigh) I don't get it, man... I just don't get it.
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  1. AnonymousMay 10, 2009 at 3:06 PM

    I laughed at this one because I am one of those who has always pronounced the "r" in February. I also studied French for 5 years and February en francais is "fevrier" with a definite "r" which to this day I have never mastered the "roll" of that letter in that language. C'est la vie, mon amie.

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