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undyingking ([personal profile] undyingking) wrote2008-07-23 09:44 am
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Ar(c)ticulation

Yow! I just came about an inch away from a deeply unpleasant experience, namely: walking my face right into a spider's web full of struggling winged ants.

To take me away from the thought of that, how do you pronounce the name of the area around the North Pole, and (perhaps as importantly) how do you think it should correctly be pronounced?

[Poll #1228169]

This was prompted by this interesting article in [livejournal.com profile] languagelog , but please fill out the poll before reading it...

[identity profile] undyingking.livejournal.com 2008-07-23 11:10 am (UTC)(link)
I say Feb-you-ree too, always have. And Wensday. No amount of telling-off by primary-school teachers worked.

[identity profile] bateleur.livejournal.com 2008-07-23 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
And Wensday.

Wait... you mean that's not correct?!

Surely it can't be Wed-nez-day?

[identity profile] undyingking.livejournal.com 2008-07-23 11:27 am (UTC)(link)
I was told to say Wed'ns-day.

[identity profile] thecesspit.livejournal.com 2008-07-23 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
It's "Wensday", as sung by Sheffield Wednesday supporters all over the world.