Who?
Fructose = Fruk-tose
Flaccid = Flak-sid
Iodine = Io-deen
How is “zoology” supposed to be pronounced?
zo/ology
Long o, like “boat”
NOT zu/ology.
Who is/was Gaudere?
I am with the OP re libRary and FebRuary. I don’t like Poinsettias, so I’ll abstain.
I too have noticed a slurring and softening of libRary into liberry. It makes my teeth itch.
Just read this. As a special added bonus you also get “Godwin’s Law.”
Irregardless, Godwin is besides the point.
That’s the way it’s listed (feb-yoo. . . ) in my 1980 M-W.
[nitpick] it’s “regardless” or “irregardful”, not irregardless[/nitpick]
You sure about that?
I have never, ever heard flaccid pronounced this way. Miriam-Webster says that it’s “also” acceptable, but that was news to me. Nonetheless, correcting people who pronounce it the more usual (and correct) way is probably not going to win you any friends.
I think you done be whooshed. 
Two errors (“irregardless” and “besides”) in a post that links to Gaudere’s Law makes me think 'tis intentional.
he he he…irrespective of the OP, I do believe that there’s so much play going on in here it’s going to be difficult to say what’s a prank/whoosh and what’s a genuine err.
Kelsey Grammar (sp?) was on Leno or Letterman awhile back and went on and on and on about mispronunciation of this word. First I’d heard about it, and I’m really old and I live with various flaccid things.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m chicken about using correct pronunciation when everyone around me is saying the word incorrectly. I don’t mind being corrected, but I’m not comfortable correcting other people.
The “flak-sid” pronunciation is gaining ground though. I heard it on TV just this week, but I don’t remember where. Somebody else must have watched Grammar that night.
Must be a Mid-Atlantic thing - they pronouce the second “i” here.
“Poin-sett-ee-uh”
The English professors who taught at my middle-school (& college) and the Oxford Dictionary disagree with you.
Oh, horrors! Random strangers who mispronounce words might not like me! Whatever shall I do?
Also, could you list all the times outside this thread that I’ve corrected people on the pronunciation of this word? Thanks ever so.
And whilew we’re on the subject, what’s the deal with people who pronounce ancient thusly: [ANX shent]. A friend of mine does this and when I gently try to correct him, he has no idea what I’m talking about. No X! threres no X in the word, dammit! He doesn’t hear the difference at all.
Grammer (not to be confused with the improper noun “grammar,” which is, in fact, proper)
I’ve only ever heard it pronounced in the four syllable version: poin-sett-ee-uh.
Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary says both pronunciations are correct. That would be that the final “i” may or may not be silent. As does Random House Webster’s College Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster at the local library.
Ahh, kids these days.
Johnny Carson used to talk about it every Christmas season on The Tonight Show, it seems.
Thanks! The author (or the guy doing the revision) complains about it in Modern American Usage; however, the proper pronounciation (sp?) is never given.