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February & Turmeric

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Christinefrance Thu 23-Mar-17 14:19:48

Why do people persist in saying FebUary and not FebRuary also TUmeric and not TuRmeric its so irritating.

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hildajenniJ Thu 23-Mar-17 14:25:42

February I'm not so bothered by, but TUmeric gets my goat. It is so obviously written TURmeric. I've been known to shout at cookery programmes on TV and correct them. They never listen though.

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TriciaF Thu 23-Mar-17 14:27:54

Maybe they find it difficult to pronounce 'r' twice?
I find it hard to pronounce 'serrurier' (locksmith).

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Rinouchka Thu 23-Mar-17 16:09:40

TriciaF bravo for trying to pronounce "serrurier"! Different league ( and language,sounds, position of 'r" in throat, etc.) to turmeric and February. Respect!
grin

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yggdrasil Thu 23-Mar-17 16:13:32

'serrurier' I don't have difficulty with this, but I pronounce it as French. Is it a french or English word?
French 'R's are different , you can't slur them :-)

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Marydoll Thu 23-Mar-17 22:18:30

Pacific instead of specific, always annoys me.

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FarNorth Thu 23-Mar-17 23:21:01

I heard Ken Bruce bemoaning brassic for boracic (skint). grin

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FloNightingale Tue 28-Mar-17 13:15:42

I Came across your posts and so agree with you all. Using Sh instead of S as in pershuit for persuit irritates. The one I find most irritating is substituting of for have as in could of. Makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

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