Jumpin’ February

This February has the distinction of containing an extra day, the 29th. So 2024 is a “leap year“. Leap refers to the extra distance covered by the year, but I wonder why use ‘leap’ and not, for example, ‘jump‘ (maybe too common), or ‘hop‘ (too short), or  ‘skip‘ (too childish) or even ‘bound‘ (maybe just a bit too dramatic…) I suppose if it was good enough for Neil Armstrong when he said “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” it’s good enough for 2024!

Click on the image below for more interesting language and facts about February!

Ed Taylor (Head of Studies at King’s Training)