> > > I pronounce the first R in February. Both of them, if you want to get picky.
> > >
> > > Mou"but not the T in often"sie
> >
> > Do you say "Wenzday" like everyone else, or "Wednesday" just to get a rise out of people?
> >
> > What about "colonel", or is it "kernel"?
> >
> > Tra "the first 'Wenzday' in 'Febuary', I'm buying a 'sord' from the 'kernel' for a quarter; I do this 'offen'" nio
>
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> Heh, I pronounce "February" as "Feb-yoo-ary," but "often" as "off-ten" - "Wednesday" is "Wends-day"... unless I've forgotten what day it is again...
>
> -Fob"never did get the hang of Thursdays"ulis

What really burns my toast is when people forGET the existence of the letter "a" in "day". Wednesdy. Tuesdy. Sundy.

Another thing that I hate about how people pronounce English is when they pronounce it "wrong" when it's really right. Like "route". I say "root" because the way "rowt" sounds bugs me. I hate hearing "rowt", but I can't say anything about it because they're not doing anything wrong. Same thing with "data", which I pronounce "DAY-ta".

Of course, the worst is when people forget diacritical marks or certain characters. Like when people write "cafe" or "naive" or "noel" or "nebulae" without the proper accentuation (is that a word?) over the letters (acute over "e", unlaut over "i", umlaut over "e", "ae" as one letter). That grates me.

-eric "I like diacritical marks" sleator
Wed 10 May A.D. 2000