BS: Closed threads & deleted posts (936)

Subject: RE: BS: Closed threads & deleted posts (936)
From: Bill D
Date: 19 Dec 06 - 09:47 PM

"He was breathless and disheveled,
On a mid-Winter's day,
When the script said say "nuclear"
And Bill said "Oy-vey"!"

Subject: RE: BS: Closed threads & deleted posts (936)
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 19 Dec 06 - 09:52 PM

From the online Merriam Webster Dictionary:

Dissimilation may occur when a word contains two identical or closely related sounds, resulting in the change or loss of one of them. This happens regularly in February, which is more often pronounced \'fe-b(y)&-"wer-e\ than \'fe-br&-"wer-e\, though all of these variants are in frequent use and widely accepted. The \y\ heard from many speakers is not an intrusion but rather a common pronunciation of the vowel u after a consonant, as in January and annual.

Subject: RE: BS: Closed threads & deleted posts (936)
From: number 6
Date: 19 Dec 06 - 09:59 PM

Many Canadians pronounce February as Fevrier.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Closed threads & deleted posts (936)
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 20 Dec 06 - 05:40 AM

Umburella, Febuary and libary, are common pronunciations in Scotland.
Would appear to be a similar affliction.
G.