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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread metaplasm #83784 10/18/02 03:40 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1 E ets OP stranger OP ets stranger E Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1 My pet peeve metaplasm is Feb-uary. Does anyone (including announcers on NPR) pronounce the first r in February any more? One person I noted this to told me the r was silent (!). But then, I live in New England where a lot of r's are silent. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted metaplasm ets 10/18/02 03:40 PM Re: metaplasm wwh 10/18/02 04:04 PM Re: metaplasm Sparteye 10/19/02 02:40 AM Re: metaplasm AnnaStrophic 10/19/02 05:06 AM Re: metaplasm Wordwind 10/19/02 10:02 AM Re: Febuary Faldage 10/19/02 11:11 AM Re: Febuary Wordwind 10/19/02 11:23 AM Re: Febuary Faldage 10/19/02 11:33 AM Re: Febuary Wordwind 10/19/02 01:00 PM Re: Febuary Alex Williams 10/19/02 07:41 PM Re: Febuary hev 10/24/02 03:42 AM Re: Febuary Faldage 10/24/02 09:55 AM Re: Febuary Alex Williams 10/24/02 10:39 AM Re: Febuary AnnaStrophic 10/24/02 03:43 PM Re: Febuary Bean 10/24/02 03:46 PM Re: Febuary Alex Williams 10/24/02 07:33 PM Febooary wofahulicodoc 10/27/02 01:56 AM Re: Febooary BankrollBets 10/27/02 07:22 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,423 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,136 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,593 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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