It’s not Feb-you-ary. (which is how I say it)
Not a big deal either way you say it. But I’ve had people (Mike at work for one) tell me that it pisses them off to hear someone pronounce the word correctly. Mike did some time at Berkeley, and isn’t usually a dummy. And he’s not the only one. I also heard someone on the radio say the same thing. Neither could, or would, explain their silliness. Maybe it’s the weather. :dubious:
So, why!
Peace,
mangeorge
Nah, it’s Feb’ry.
Why do you think “Feb-roo-ary” is the only correct pronunciation? Especially as you admit to not pronouncing it that way yourself? Is it that the “r” is there in the spelling? So what? You wouldn’t pronounce the “p” in “psychology” or the “b” in “debt”, so why should the optionally silent “r” in “February” be any different?
Dictionary.com gives both pronunciations. So does the OED and Merriam-Webster.
I don’t think mangeorge is saying it’s the only pronunciation. I think he’s pointing out that both are acceptable, and that people who get upset when people pronounce the “r” are ridiculous.
Three words: New, Queue, Lerr
Take another look at his OP. His very first sentence says “it’s *not *Feb-you-ary”.
It’s not “Feb-roo-airy” any more than January is “Jan-yoo-airy”.
It’s FEB-ru@-ree (where u@ represents a kind of schwa-ey diphthong), and JAN-yu@-ree.
IMHO, of course 
I bet there is a book in the libarry that will settle this one.
Yup. Better make it your puhrogative to find out.
Yeah, Febyooairy, the month in which we find Valentime’s Day.
I took it to mean that he was quoting some chucklehead who never had the inclination to consult a dictionary before shooting off his mouth.
Maybe someone should ask the Packers’ QB…he may be able to help out here.
I think he pronounces it Ferb’-you-airy. So he’s no help.
I was once reduced to mild distraction by a radio ad for some special offer all through Jan-OO-Ary and Feb-OO-Ary.
(“JAN-yerry” and “FEB-rerry” are OK in my book.)
I per-nounce it “correctly” (roo). I’m the kind of jerk that corrects grammar and pronounciation mistakes in people who should know better, but February (along with almond*) is pronounced differently so often that I’ve given up. With pronounciation, usage always wins out over book-learnin’ in the end.
Ha ha! I almost typed “…the kind of jerk who corrects… .” That would have been incorrect grammar! Ha!
*The ‘L’ should be silent. But who’s counting?
In Wisconsin it’s feb-Brew-airy, being the beer state we are. 
I concur.
I don’t care about pronunciation so much as spelling. Too many people can’t seem to grasp the uniqueness of February’s spelling, and instead spell it Febuary, or Februay, or something even more outlandish.
When do we get to argue over “Wenzdee”?
'Zactly!
I support the shortening of all the long names in regular conversation.
Jan
Feb
March
April
May
June
July
Aug
Sep
Octo - It needs the o to flow smothly, and so it doesn’t sound like 8 in german.
Nov
Decem - Any shorter and people will think it’s a metric alussion.
Hey - if it’s perfectly ok to say ‘Wooster’* and ‘Chumley’* then it is not even slightly ok to get knicker twist over ‘Feb-you-airy’. I can, however, see being annoyed at the rearrangement of syllables that occurs in the case of ‘Febber-airy’.
And dictionary.com says (my bold)
*Worcestershire
*Cholmondely