Why is February pronounced Febuary?

The r in February has been dropped so that it is almost always pronounced Febuary–without the r. Perhaps this is because placing the r sound in the word makes it slightly more difficult to pronounce, and since laziness tends to get the upper hand when we speak, Febuary has become the common pronunciation.
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Why is February pronounced wrong?

Why People Drop the "R" in February. The loss of the first "r" in the pronunciation of February is (in part) the result of a process called dissimilation (or haplology), where one of two similar sounds in a word is sometimes changed or dropped to avoid the repetition of that sound.
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How is salmon pronounced?

The pronunciation of salmon is often object of confusion. In English, the correct pronunciation of salmon is sam-un. The "l" in salmon is silent. However, in certain dialects and varieties of English salmon is occasionally pronounced with an "l".
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How do the British spell poop?

noun (used with a plural verb)Chiefly British. feces.
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Why is Wednesday spelled that way?

As it turns out, Wednesday actually has Germanic linguistic origins. It is derived from the Old English word, Wōdnesdæg, which honors the Germanic god Wodan.
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How to pronounce February in a British accent (WEIRD thing natives do)



How do you spell 14?

14 (fourteen) is a natural number following 13 and succeeded by 15. In relation to the word "four" (4), 14 is spelled "fourteen".
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Is February one of the most misspelled words?

Despite the fact that the first r is silent when it's pronounced aloud, the correct spelling is February (not Febuary).
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Why do we pronounce one with aw?

Once they were pronounced more or less as spelled — i.e., 'oon' and 'oons. '” In fact, speakers of the Southern English dialect went through a phase of pronouncing words that started with o with a w sound and sometimes even spelling them with a w. Many died out, but one and once survived.
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Is it twelth or twelfth?

Common misspelling of twelfth.
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How do you spell 99?

99 in words is ninety-nine.
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What does the number 14mean?

Number 14 Meaning In Numerology

A 14 karmic debt number, associated with Life Path 5, means you give your power to others at your own expense; 14 in this sense represents personal power and independence. Those who resonate with number 14 are financially cautious, independent, confident, and eccentric.
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Why is there ad in fridge but not in refrigerator?

As a general rule, a G at the end of a word sounds like the G in flag and hog. Anywhere else in a word, it can sound like either gesture or forget. The G in refrigerator follows this rule. If we shortened refrigerator to fridge we're left with F-R-I-G.
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Why is Colonel spelled Colonel?

“Colonel” came to English from the mid-16th-century French word coronelle, meaning commander of a regiment, or column, of soldiers. By the mid-17th century, the spelling and French pronunciation had changed to colonnel. The English spelling also changed, and the pronunciation was shortened to two syllables.
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What does feces taste like?

Human faeces taste bitter because of bile, which is secreted by the liver and stored in the gall bladder. The food crumbs left inside faeces are tasteless. We assume that the taste of faces is relatively caused by the scent.
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What do you call a person who eats poop?

Coprophagy refers to many kinds of feces-eating, including eating feces of other species (heterospecifics), of other individuals (allocoprophagy), or one's own (autocoprophagy) – those once deposited or taken directly from the anus.
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How do you say poo poo in America?

Some Americans are using poo more now because it sounds "less dirty" than poop, and perhaps poop sounds a bit more "fun" and a bit less graphic in for some BrE speakers. (Or maybe not. If you've switched your poo(p) word, let us know why.)
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How Do You Spell 1111?

1111 in words is written as One Thousand One Hundred and Eleven.
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What is the spelling of 999?

Hence, 999 can be read as “Nine Hundred Ninety-nine” in English.
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