So is it pendantic to be very annoyed when DD and others insist on pronouncing FEBRUARY incorrectly?

[UnquietDad]

I am SICK and TIRED of saying

"Feb - rooo - erry. NOT Feb-yery."

If DD does it again - and I swear she is now doing it deliberately to wind me up - I am going to have to disown her.

He's an art critic with somewhat reactionary views and idiosyncratic pronunciation.

lol - I believe that's how all bats speak on account of their tiny mouth openings

I've only ever heard a bat say 'eep eep'
I thought it was very rude of him given my startling conversation opener.

But I've heard a lot of bad things about bats so maybe shouldn't have expected anything else.

It just sounds like "eep eep" because of the high frequency. If you slow it right down, they all sound like Brian Sewell.

lololol both of you girls.

unstressed vowels. spelling pattern

oh yes, posh people love squeezing in as many unstressed vowels and inaudible consonants as they can. It creates a coded language for quick class differentiation purposes. StJohn and what was Diana's brother's name? All that tommy rot

Oh I get it. Like Featherstone-Haugh being pronounced "fhhaaww" (I think that's the correct pronunciation...)

OMG I had a crush on one of those. First name Tristram.

Was it pronounced Traahhm?

Or Trism?

I say 'Feb-you-airy' (runs for cover)

Isn't Tristram pronounced Chumley?