I'm fairly certain that the guy who put the first "r" in February also decided how to spell Wednesday... Fuck that guy. - ThreadSky

mariana057.bsky.social • 1 day ago

I'm fairly certain that the guy who put the first "r" in February also decided how to spell Wednesday...

Fuck that guy.

Comments

snootyvonb.bsky.social•1 day ago

😂😂😂

Michael McIntyre does a hysterical sketch about words with silent letters. Worth watching for a good laugh.

joeotrubaphd.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Yessiree Bob!

ttflowers.bsky.social•1 day ago

Actually pronouncing that 'r' makes me feel smug

aspenchef.bsky.social•1 day ago

Should you see him, ask him why phonetically isn't spelled the way it sounds

forestwinter.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wednesday makes sense once you know it’s Odin’s (or Woden’s) Day! (Sorry for being pedantic; I am neurodivergent and etymology is a special interest of mine 🤷‍♂️)

auntiedeb2024.bsky.social•1 day ago

You mean Fuque thatte Guiy!

hoppgroundkid.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also, what’s with Tuesday?? Like Tosday, Toosday, and Twosday weren’t available??

yunkeroo.bsky.social•1 day ago

What a doosh 🤣

t-rex56.bsky.social•23 hours ago

He probably also invented daylight savings time. Fuck that dude!

jwhallin.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Seriously! 😎👍

itsmeedoug.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Awww. After all that work in Primary school remembering how to spell and pronounce them. Please don't take them away.🙂

sorceress2.bsky.social•10 hours ago

☺️

chuckwhite.bsky.social•16 hours ago

The guy was a real day hole.

hugh-manatee.bsky.social•2 hours ago

That guy was a librarian…

macca1950.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Try explaining English spelling and pronunciation to a Ukrainian ESL student … why for instance is honor “onor” hour “our” but hero “hero”. And why does “pronunciation” have a “c”in the middle and not an “s”, eh?

maraflint.bsky.social•10 hours ago

You can blame an American guy called Webster for “honor”. It’s supposed to be “honour”.
Yes, I’m aware that makes it worse.

macca1950.bsky.social•10 hours ago

I know! I deliberately misspelled it for our American neighbours. I haven’t dared to get into the differences between Canadian spelling and American .

mariana057.bsky.social•10 hours ago

About 30 years ago I was that Ukrainian esl student 😂😂😂

macca1950.bsky.social•10 hours ago

There is hope then…

mariana057.bsky.social•9 hours ago

😂😂😂

bunnyjenkins.bsky.social•1 day ago

A-NN-iversay is so aggressive it makes me dislike it.
Congra -T-ulations is a close second.

dogmax2.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just to screw with us.

mattivi28.bsky.social•1 day ago

😂

sistersisyphus.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Seriously

splatterthought.bsky.social•10 hours ago

😂
Cackling...

davecampdcc.bsky.social•21 hours ago

:-)

mysageadvice.bsky.social•8 hours ago

😂😂😂

markalancarlson.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sure it was a guy? 😂

moreyellowthanblue.teamlh.social•1 day ago

markalancarlson.bsky.social•1 day ago

That cat is judging me.

moreyellowthanblue.teamlh.social•1 day ago

markalancarlson.bsky.social•1 day ago

OMG, they’re all plotting my death. 😳

moreyellowthanblue.teamlh.social•1 day ago

strappedsilent.bsky.social•1 day ago

Libary

forestwinter.bsky.social•1 day ago

Lie Berry

gperson.bsky.social•1 day ago

I stand with liberry.

timoc90.bsky.social•9 hours ago

I think he never red them out loud

sylvesterskycat.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I get a thrill out of pronouncing them the way they're spelled. The joy of contrarianism.

ms-marts.bsky.social•1 day ago

Off with his hed

mrferguson.bsky.social•1 day ago

Funny Ms. Z.

countessofcandy.bsky.social•6 hours ago

It wath the king of Thspain

robppm319.bsky.social•1 day ago

Give him a break, he worked at a library.

dmac56.bsky.social•1 day ago

Or "Fuk that gy".

milesew.bsky.social•1 day ago

Haha I'm learning Spanish for my exile and I kept being jarred - wait, there's a rule, and it always applies? Guess they didn't have this guy

itsscotonet.bsky.social•1 day ago

Mariana!?!? Language ☺️😁😂🤣

lanna-mick.bsky.social•1 day ago

I find it easier to teach Thai to westerners than to teach English to Thai people.
Thai is much simpler, like the vowels can generally only be pronounced ONE way....

clarenceaboddicker.bsky.social•7 hours ago

https://www.tiktok.com/@michaelmcintyre/video/7449423623930121505?lang=en

thesteelavenger.bsky.social•21 minutes ago

I believe he was a Colonel

billkoechling.bsky.social•1 day ago

Dan Quale... That's the guy.

jvdance.bsky.social•1 day ago

Damn. Right.

brianterrill.bsky.social•11 hours ago

He also put the S in lisp.

latebloomerjim.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also “jewelry”. Fuck him.

marjohn.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Mariana,
I think I love you.
You gave me a laugh I really needed today.

mebpatb2.bsky.social•6 hours ago

😄😁😄

tinylittlecherub.bsky.social•1 day ago

It also has less than 30 days! What is this sorcery? February is an impostor.

patrick6669.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's February 49th though.

solaryoda.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah, phuck that guy.

oldheloguy.bsky.social•1 day ago

That bloke from Worcester

martinishotla.bsky.social•1 day ago

😂😂😂

esscreek.bsky.social•1 day ago

He also created the word "library," for which he was highly successful! Only no one remembers that.

fakedigdoug.bsky.social•5 hours ago

🤔😆

idavemac2020.bsky.social•3 hours ago

That's three minutes of my life I'll never get back.
Yes yes, quite right, fuck em all is better.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/why-do-we-pronounce-february-without-the-r-10024195.html

anthropocenempg.bsky.social•1 day ago

we could have done without it__people assume it’s silent 😜

michellejanosi.bsky.social•15 hours ago

This is the same energy as making "bologna" and "lasagna" look like cousins but sound like complete strangers

scotindub.bsky.social•1 day ago

May I introduce you to a fantastic place called Auchtermuchty. I dare you to try and pronounce it 😆

scotindub.bsky.social•1 day ago

And let’s not forget Milngavie…..that one I’m still trying to wrap my head around

scotindub.bsky.social•1 day ago

Pronounced Milguy……(someone was cheating at Scrabble)

slimpickler.bsky.social•19 hours ago

I pronounce them phonetically just to be annoying.

jimmy2fins.bsky.social•4 hours ago

😄 Reminds of this funny bit about language.

skepticalwriter.bsky.social•1 day ago

🤣

tggrandma.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Totally agree 👍🏾

taucabalander.bsky.social•1 day ago

Now we know who to blame ...

The name "Wednesday" comes from the Old English word Wōdnesdæg, which means "day of Woden". Woden is the Anglo-Saxon name for the Norse god Odin.