The Toughest Thing About February Is How To Spell It
I’ve been working on-site with a client for about 2 weeks. Today was the final day and we were signing off on some documents. When it came to the point of writing in the X day of Y month the discussion turned to the correct spelling for February.
Stemming from this a couple of the guys checked their desk calendars. Here’s how two of the desk calendars spelt that most difficult of months:
And here’s another calendar that was sitting on another desk:
How is February spelt on your calendar?
I’m just dreading Smarch.
Comment by Allan Cavanagh — February 28, 2007 @ 3:41 pm
Maybe one of these is the Gaelic spelling for February! Being born in this month, I learned early to pronounce it Feh-brew-air-ee so I could always remember how to spell it. Of course, nowadays I spell it Feb.
Comment by Justin — February 28, 2007 @ 4:17 pm
Phew! Thank God Feberuarary is finally over.
Comment by Ken — March 1, 2007 @ 4:36 pm
Yep. Thank God for Martch.
Comment by Richard Hearne — March 1, 2007 @ 7:56 pm
The English language is truly demented
Comment by Michele — March 2, 2007 @ 8:17 pm
[...] Well it’s due to a recent post on Richard’s blog. While the issues people seem to have with spelling words might be annoying it’s crazy to think that companies that actually print calendars get it wrong. [...]
Pingback by Can You Spell? — March 2, 2007 @ 8:29 pm
Febuararyae.
Easy.
Next word please…
Comment by Cormac — March 3, 2007 @ 11:27 pm