Here we go; here we go; here we go! February is arriving tomorrow. The low temperatures are not what is causing me to impulsively note this: A news reader on Toronto "All News Radio" station 680 News (CFTR) just said, moments ago, I did hear it, "Febuary". (No, you do not have astigmatism.) This particular person should not feel alone -- I hear this word corruption way too much these days, on commercials (pre-scripted which makes such an error of pronunciation unforgiving), regular speech, and, as I like to say, all things in between.The word is "February" (feb-rew-air-ee)...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February
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