February

That's very narrow minded and pig ignorant of you, Freeman.

I don't speak lazily. I've never known to speak any other way. I never heard a rhotic accent until I watched American shows on TV; when I was a young boy.

Mi5 Mick, Americans aren't the only people that speak with a rhotic accent. I'm Scottish and have a rhotic accent.

Freeman, I'm well aware of that.

Mi5 Mick, well anyway, What about ''January''? How do you pronounce ''January''? I say ''Jan-yoo-ary''.

I would pay the Freeman much mind, Mick. I'm sure he's he's just stirring.

I guess Mick would say "Janury" = /dZ@nju(:)ri(:)/ like me.

Other pronunciations that I never use that sound sloppy to me,

''sooper'' for ''super'' instead of ''syooper''.

''nood'' for ''nude'' instead of ''nyood''.

''toob'' for ''tube'' instead of ''tyoob''.

''doon'' for ''dune'' instead of ''dyoon''.

''loot'' for ''lute'' instead of ''lyoot''.

''floot'' for ''flute'' instead of ''flyoot''.

''rood'' for ''rude'' instead of ''ryood''.

''rool'' for ''rule'' instead of ''ryool''.

''proon'' for ''prune'' instead of ''pryoon''.

My god, but you're a prick.

''I would pay the Freeman much mind, Mick. I'm sure he's he's just stirring.''

Freenelson Mandella, What's the problem with me asking someone how they pronounce the word ''January''? Why am I just stirring when I ask that?

I guess Mick would say "Janury" = /dZ@nju(:)ri(:)/ like me.

Or does he say /dZ@nj..ri(:)/ similar to the way he pronounces ''February'' /febj..ri(:)/

Penny pinchin' Scot, go eat some oatmeal and leave us all alone.

/dZ@nju(:)ri(:)/ I guess, as Jim says, but more often /dZ@nj..ri(:)/ ~ "Jany..ry".

A similar thing happens with the word: "anything": Sydney-siders usually say "enything" but elsewhere some say "en..thing". I'm from all over Australia, so I don't have a rigid system of pronunciation -- mine varies a bit.

Yeah, I'd probably use /dZ@nj..ri(:)/ sometimes too.

Freeman,

You're stirring when you call people lazy for not speaking like you.

To quote the American Heritage Dictionary at bartleby.com:
"The preferred pronunciation among usage writers is (feb´roo-er´´E), but in actual usage the pronunciation (feb´yoo-erE´´) is more common and so cannot be considered incorrect. "

" Although the variant pronunciation (febyoo-erE) is often censured because it doesn't reflect the spelling of the word, it is quite common in educated speech and is generally considered acceptable."

In both of these quotes I have replaced the vowel symbols from the
original quaotes with ASCII symbols.

I find that Fe-yoo-er-ee rolls of the tongue much easier.