English Language - what "Does your head in" ??

[Jdsk]

Yes February should be pronounced Feb-roo-rary.

Why? Why not feb roo uh ree? where does the first r in rary come from?

Jonathan

[Jdsk]

... Yes February should be pronounced Feb-roo-rary. I do it for two reasons -- to remind me how to spell it and to annoy anyone within earshot.

With three "Rs" ? How many elbows?

Mine crossed with this. Same point but you put it better. : - )

Jonathan

[Oldjohnw]

Of Febuwerry.

Or I need to lift this off of that

Yes February should be pronounced Feb-roo-rary. I do it for two reasons -- to remind me how to spell it and to annoy anyone within earshot.

Not sure how that would help you spell it!

[Jdsk]

And assumes the validity of prescriptivist concepts such as it being correct to pronounce English words as they are written...

Jonathan

[Cowsham]

And assumes the validity of prescriptivist concepts such as it being correct to pronounce English words as they are written...

Jonathan

Wed nes day

[Cowsham]

And assumes the validity of prescriptivist concepts such as it being correct to pronounce English words as they are written...

Jonathan

Every time you post I have to Google a word you've used.

[Cowsham]

And assumes the validity of prescriptivist concepts such as it being correct to pronounce English words as they are written...

Jonathan

Wed nes day

But pronounced wensday or weddensday

[Mick F]

........ or Wenzdy?
Wedd-nz-dy for me. There are three syllables in it, not two.

Another pet hate of mine, is people saying twenny instead of twenty.

[Jdsk]

And assumes the validity of prescriptivist concepts such as it being correct to pronounce English words as they are written...

Wed nes day

But pronounced wensday or weddensday

Who says weddensday? The commonest version is wenz day/ wendz day. (Rather than wed nezz day.)

Jonathan

[Cowsham]

I don't know how to even spell what I hear when an English geezer says " woeauqah " instead of water.

[sjs]

And assumes the validity of prescriptivist concepts such as it being correct to pronounce English words as they are written...

Jonathan

Wed nes day

People like to be contemptuous of those others who don't know how things should be said/done. It doesn't really do their heads in; they enjoy the superiority. That's why the split infinitive was invented.

[Bmblbzzz]

I don't know how to even spell what I hear when an English geezer says " woeauqah " instead of water.

' is the generally accepted representation of a glottal stop.

[Oldjohnw]

"Me and my wife are going...."

Instead of "My wife and I....."

And train announcers: "...speak to myself or another member of the train crew"

[sjs]

I don't know how to even spell what I hear when an English geezer says " woeauqah " instead of water.

' is the generally accepted representation of a glottal stop.

And "woeauqah" is a great way to pronounce water because it contains within itself the French spelling.

[Bmblbzzz]

I don't know how to even spell what I hear when an English geezer says " woeauqah " instead of water.

' is the generally accepted representation of a glottal stop.

And "woeauqah" is a great way to pronounce water because it contains within itself the French spelling.

It also contains an anagram of aqua.
(I presume this is why Cowsham used this otherwise rather odd spelling; if so, it's clever, and if not, it's serendipity!)