Most annoying mispronunciation

Respect the name of my month and pronounce all of it's letters. It's Feb-roo-ary'' not ''Febuary''. ''Febuary'' is a sloppy pronunciation.

My vote is ''thang'' for ''thing''. This mispronunciation is made by many American blacks.

The loss of the first ''r'' in ''February'' is an effect of a phonological process known as dissimilation, by which similar sounds in a word tend to become less similar. In the case of February, the loss of the first r is also owing to the influence of January, which has only one r.

"Par-tick-you-lee" for particularly (mind you, it is a wee bit difficult; impossible after a couple of pints).

''tuh-ward'' for ''toward'' instead of the correct pronunciation ''toe-erd''. You're not going to a ward when you're going toward something. ''toward'' was not formed from ''to'' and ''ward'' put together.

I always pronounce it ''toe-erd'' never the incorrect spelling pronunciation ''tuh-ward''.

<<If you say ''off-ten'' for ''often'' logically you should also say ''sof-ten'' for ''soften''.>>

You know the pronunciation of words don't always follow the so-called logical rule-- not taking regional accents into account.

Just as 'often' has two different pronunciations, other words such as, 'Project', 'pronunciation' and 'object' also can be pronounced two different ways. Check the Cambridge or Merriam-Webster dictionaries.

Other different pronunciations:
He 'read' the book that she wants to 'read'.
You're 'close' to the door, so would you 'close' it please?
The child took a 'bow' after he finally learned to tie a 'bow'.

Here's my pronunciation:

February = Febury = /febju:ri(:)/
library = libry = /laibri(:)/

At least I get the points for consistancy.

''February = Febury = /febju:ri(:)/''
''library = libry = /laibri(:)/''

That's not consistant. You pronounce the ''r'' in ''library'' but not ''February''.

Jim, Pronounce my name correctly. It's ''Feb-roo-erry'' not ''Feb-yoo-erry'' or ''Feb-yoo-ree''. Would you like it if I started pronouncing your name as ''Jeem''?

''Febuary'' and ''Febury'' are sloppy pronunciations of ''February'' caused by a phonological process known as dissimilation, by which similar sounds in a word tend to become less similar.

The same effect has happened in ''government''.

Sloppy mispronunciations that I don't like,

''Feb-yoo-erry'' and ''Feb-yoo-ree'' for ''February'' instead of ''Feb-roo-erry.

''gover-ment'' for ''government'' instead of ''govern-ment''.

''close'' for ''clothes'' instead of ''clothe-z''.

''en-vi-ro-ment'' for ''environment'' instead of ''en-vi-ron-ment''.

''artic'' for ''arctic'' instead of ''arc-tic''.

There's nothing pedantic about pronouncing the first ''r'' in ''February''. In my Scottish accent it's always pronounced. Never ''Feb-yoo-erry'' or ''Feb-roo-ree'', always ''Feb-roo-erry''

Jim, where are you from. You sound like you're from England or something like that.

Jim, where are you from.

Typo- I meant, ''Where are you from?''

The word ''February'' was meant to be pronounced with the first ''r'' pronounced. Otherwise it would have been spelt ''Febuary'' or ''Febury''.

P.S. How do you pronounce ''Wednesday''? I pronounce it ''wed-ns-day''. Is anyone similar to me when it comes to this word? In England they pronounce it ''wenz-day''.

I'm from Australia. If you must pronounce it how it's spelt, then what about "feb-ryoo-airy" i.e. /febrju:e..ri(:)/?

February, you contradict yourself in your post. Sure, hypothetically if February is spelt with the "r" because one must pronounce it, why is Wednesday not pronounced Wed-nes-day? Even you yourself pronounce it differently from its spelling.

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