829 Southdrive

829 Southdrive

A New Jersey state of mind



Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Febuary

I'm so excited that the month of my birth has arrived!
For 28 days, I will cringe while people of all ages,
financial strata, college degrees, colors and creeds
will mispronounce the month in which I was born.

While I'm at it, Happy Valentime's Day!

13 comments:

  1. Feb-u-airy

    Happy Birthday....month!

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  2. Kids say the darnedest things. My daughter-in-law is fond of using "Ridiculous!" as an expletive (especially in front of the children.) Lately she has taken to saying "Ri - DON - culous!" for some reason. My 2-year-old grandson Aidan heard her say this and immediately repeated it back as, "Ree Donkey Bits!" Cracked us all up.

    What was the question again? Did I win a hat?

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  4. And not just any birthday...

    Hello Ching Kwon Tuh!

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  5. You need to find some kind of book on proper English pronunciation, that you might loan discreetly to any offenders.

    You could find such a book at any libary.

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  6. It's so hard to spell English words. So many of the spelling rules seem quite arbitary.

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  7. O Docker, you might even find a book that you could lend to offenders.

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  8. We English only account for about 40 million of the 1.3 Billion English speakers in the world no good asking us.

    'ppy birf -day for Feb-rew-harry!

    Gor blimey sounds like you're 'aving a barry McGuigan an all.

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  9. And in some cases the spelling rules are contary to logic.

    Take "medieval", for example.

    Whoever spelled that one must have had a few two many pints at the local bewary (in the month of Janruary, probably).

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  10. Thanks for the correction, Carol Anne.

    You aloan could have spotted that.

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  11. It's pronounced nigatsu.

    Otanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu. Congratulations on another circumnavigation of the Sun.

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