2020-09-25
ศัพท์ ที่มักสับสนในการใช้ ชุด F – February
การใช้ภาษาอังกฤษ ที่ถือว่า ถูกต้อง ในที่นี้ เป็นไป ตามมาตรฐาน ของภาษา
การใช้ภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่กำหนดมาตฐาน ถือตามส่วนใหญ่ที่ใช้แต่ละท้องถิ่น
ความหมาย อาจยืดหยุ่น ขึ้นอยู่กับ ตำแหน่ง/หน้าที่ ในประโยค
Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง “February” = ‘FEB-roo-er-ee’ / ‘FEB-yoo’
Dictionary.com
PRONUNCIATION NOTE FOR FEBRUARY
Many people try to pronounce February with both [r] sounds, as shown above. The commonpronunciation [feb-yoo-er-ee], with the first [r] replaced by [y], is the result of dissimilation, the tendency of like sounds to become unlike when they follow each other closely. An additional influence is analogywith January. Although sometimes criticized, this dissimilated pronunciation of February is used by educated speakers and is considered standard.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
How do you pronounce February?:
Usage Guide
Dissimilation may occur when a word contains twoidentical or closely related sounds, resulting in the change or loss of one of them. This happens regularly in February, which is more often pronounced \ˈfe-b(y)ə-ˌwer-ē\ than \ˈfe-brə-ˌwer-ē\, though all of these variants are in frequent use and widely accepted. The \y\ heard from many speakers is not an intrusion but rather a common pronunciation of the vowel u after a consonant, as in January and annual.
First Known Use of February
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology for February
Middle English Februarie, from Old English Februarius, from Latin, from Februa, plural, feast of purification
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
February
Usage Note: The preferredpronunciation among usage writers is (fĕb′ro͞o-ĕr′ē), but in actual usage the pronunciation (fĕb′yo͞o-ĕr′ē) is far more common and so cannot be considered incorrect. The loss ofthe first r in this pronunciation can be accounted for by the phonological process known as dissimilation, whereby one of two similar or identical sounds in a word is changed or dropped so that a repetition of that sound is avoided. In the case of February, the loss of the first r was also helped along by the influence of January, which has only one r.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary,
pron: The second pronunciation shown above, with the first (r) replaced by (y), results both from dissimilation, the tendency of like sounds to become unlike when they follow each other closely, and from analogy with January. Although sometimes criticized, this dissimilated pronunciation of february is used by educated speakers and both (ˈfɛb ruˌɛr i) and (ˈfɛb yuˌɛr i) are considered standard.
