Rich with Kids Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I say "Feb-u-ary" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I have recently changed from Feb-u-ary to Feb-roo-ary to help a new reader learn to spell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I have recently changed from Feb-u-ary to Feb-roo-ary to help a new reader learn to spell. It started out that way for me, and now "Feb-roo-ary" has become my habit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I answered the one with the r right after the b and the long u, but I taught myself to pronounce it that way when I learned how it was spelled. Before that, there was only that second r. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhondabee Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 nt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen sn Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Same here, dd needed to hear it feb-roo-ary in order to spell it. And I say it now out of habit - and I've noticed that when I say it fast, it almost sounds like everyone's feb-u-ary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 None of the above - I say Febrary with a long "a" sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich with Kids Posted March 4, 2008 Author Share Posted March 4, 2008 None of the above - I say Febrary with a long "a" sound. You must be a native Texan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Yes, I say Fe-broo-ary. I also say "li-brair-ee." Laura's British pronunciation made me think that it would be interesting to find out how one's geographic location affects their pronunciation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKinTX Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I'm really surprised at all the Feb-roo-arys...I never hear anyone in real life say it like that. Speaking of February...all of you should go to youtube and listen to Josh Groban sing February (Feb-you-ary) Song...it's so beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Me too. I don't think I thought about it at all until dd started trying to read/spell it. That was eight years ago. Now it's a habit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lorna Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Feb-you-ray Now you can hear my Scottish accent coming through. :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Feb-you-ray Now you can hear my Scottish accent coming through. :o I've always enjoyed Scots diction. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Yes, I say Fe-broo-ary. I also say "li-brair-ee." Laura's British pronunciation made me think that it would be interesting to find out how one's geographic location affects their pronunciation. Laboratory. I think I say it Lab-O-ra-tree. Dh says it LAB-ro-tree. The trouble is that, after twenty years together, we have become unsure of what pronunciation actually goes with our respective accents and origins. Oh, I say lie-bruh-ree. I'm from southern England, if that helps - Lorna has replied separately with her own British accent. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I've always enjoyed Scots diction. Laura So have I. What's really interesting is how others hear your accent. I once watched a readers theatre presentation in the States (US) where an American was imitating a Canadian accent and it sounded so wrong to me. However, a binational/dual citizen friend of mine (I was still 100 percent Canadian citizen then) told me that that's what Canadians sound like to Amercians. Of course, there are a variety of Canadian accents. How many times have I heard Americans insist that Canadians say about in this really weird way that's not how we say it at all! I'll bet Canadians have done the same, since we think all Americans have a drawl (at least, my friends and I did);) As for England, I've heard many different English accents, and where I live in New England now almost every town has its own accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 So which pronunciation is correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 So which pronunciation is correct? Merriam-Webster lists feb-you-ary first, with feb-roo-ary as an alternative pronunciation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay in Cal Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Though I would disagree with them ;-) There was a really interesting article I read (and lost!) online a few years back about "geek" culture and pronounciation. It was written at a sci-fi con, I believe, and one of the observations was that geeks tend to voice un-voiced consonants (we say "foLk" not "foke" for example). I would guess "Feb-RU-ary" would fall into that category as well. I think both my parents drop the R, but the analysis was that since much geek culture is print based they develop habits of pronounciation that differ from their birth families. Just reminded me of that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 You must be a native Texan! How'd you guess? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Like this - Abote? I promise my dear Canadian friend says it that way. Really. I adore her accent, eh! She thinks I have a drawl, but she's wrong. She's the one with the accent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 one of the observations was that geeks tend to voice un-voiced consonants (we say "foLk" not "foke" for example). (I would say "foLk", not "foke".) :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I may have to turn in my geek badge. I only say "foLk" when I'm speaking German! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
profmom Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Merriam-Webster lists feb-you-ary first, with feb-roo-ary as an alternative pronunciation. I'm so surprised! I assumed that feb-roo-ary was correct and have been saying it that way on purpose for a long time. I learned not to trust my parents' pronunciations as a child -- libary, far (fire), warsh, etc. I learned about the first "r" in February by misspelling it in a spelling bee in elementary school! Several of us in a row missed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Calvin says Feb-you-ree and Hobbes says Feb-ruh-ree. The perils of a two-accent family. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Well, I guess I'm really odd. (I heard that!) I say Feb-you-wary. Or sometimes Feb-yuh-wary. Gotta have that W! :0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Bay Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Merriam-Webster lists feb-you-ary first, with feb-roo-ary as an alternative pronunciation. In my experience, American dictionaries put the American pronunciation first, and the others as alternatives. Since I grew up in Canada, I'm biased the other way.;) However, my Canadian parents say Feb-you-ary, so I'll go with Merriam-Webster on that--I'm guessing I taught myself the alternative one to remember how to spell it. The funniest time dh and I have ever had with different pronunciations came when I was teaching my younger two about plant sprouts--dicots and monocots because my eldest had planted a sprouted apple seed she found and it had come up. Dh has a degree in forestry and I a minor in biology, so in this instance both of us have educated pronunciations. But when he heard me say the full word (dicotyledon--I think that's the spelling) he just about died laughing. When he said it his way, I nearly rolled over laughing. Naturally, I went up to check Dictionary.com with him gently teasing me over this (I'm always the one here to look this up.) Dictionary.com must be American, too, because I found my pronunciation second.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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