Nucular vs Nuclear

[Ms_Lilith]

Now come on, folks, it's not THAT hard, is it? NUCLEAR!

NU-CLEAR!

Bush said Nucular in his speech. Y'all might want to work on that.. y'know, making your president look a little more educated.

 

[J.B.]

I almost cry every time I hear him say it.

 

[crazybbwgirl]

And he says it all the time! hee hee - Even my DAD - who is about as Republican as you can get laughs about that one!

 

[bad kitty]

What is the big freakin deal on how a word is pronounced? He is southern, people have a different accent down there. Just because a person is southern and says nucular doesn't mean jack shit to intelligence. I get royally pissed off when I hear people suggest taking classes to lose the southern accent so they can make it further in business. It is pathetic and pointless. just a cheap shot when someone wants to poke fun.

 

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[Blindinthedark]

Now come on, folks, it's not THAT hard, is it? NUCLEAR!

NU-CLEAR!

Bush said Nucular in his speech. Y'all might want to work on that.. y'know, making your president look a little more educated.

I try to look at it as a quirk of accent.
Like how people from New Hampshire say:
"draw"

it's

DRAW-ER.

I don't take it as a mark that he's stupid. There's other proof of that.

 

[Ms_Lilith]

What is the big freakin deal on how a word is pronounced? He is southern, people have a different accent down there. Just because a person is southern and says nucular doesn't mean jack shit to intelligence. I get royally pissed off when I hear people suggest taking classes to lose the southern accent so they can make it further in business. It is pathetic and pointless. just a cheap shot when someone wants to poke fun.

I have nothing against southern accents. I know plenty of people with a southern accent that can say NUCLEAR. I know plenty of people without southern accents that say NUCULAR. But honestly, not being able to pronouce a word that refers to the power that can destroy the earth is kind of a blooper, don't you think? NUCLEAR. It is NOT that difficult.

Yeah, this IS a cheap shot at Bush. But I mean what I said about the importance of saying it properly. It's not hard to do, and if you're going to be a spokesperson for an entire country, you might want to learn to speak properly.

 

[peachykeen]

What is the big freakin deal on how a word is pronounced? He is southern, people have a different accent down there. Just because a person is southern and says nucular doesn't mean jack shit to intelligence. I get royally pissed off when I hear people suggest taking classes to lose the southern accent so they can make it further in business. It is pathetic and pointless. just a cheap shot when someone wants to poke fun.

nah, it's more just the fact that you know, if you sound like a dumbass, people will think you're a dumb ass. And our president (it's painful for me to even type that) sounds like a dumb ass.

 

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[Purrde Flower]

Most people can be mature enough to not nag about someone eles's pronunciations of a word. Especialy if they already know what the meaning of the word is.

 

[Carp]

VS. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON. THIS IS BOARDERING ON A NON-FLUFFY THREAD. I CAN'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WILL HAPPEN AS A RESULT.

 

[Ms_Lilith]

VS. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON. THIS IS BOARDERING ON A NON-FLUFFY THREAD. I CAN'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WILL HAPPEN AS A RESULT.

*snicker*

Oh my GOD, I can be non-fluffy.

 

[Texan]

Actually, Vixenshe, Emerald is right. The pronunciation used by Bush is such common usage in some locations as to be considered a "southern colloquialism." Your criticism is probably a bit more narrow minded that you intended.

While I may think Susan Sarandon is a ditz, I don't criticize how she wears her makeup. I figure it's just a Hollyweird thing.

 

[Topher]

I was born and reared in East Tennessee and I am damn proud of my accent. I'd rather have a drawl than the twang that I have; I guess my forebears weren't Southern aristocracy. That's hardly suprising considering that we mountain farmers were Union sympathizers who would have replicated West VA's action with a little more luck and power.

I certainly prefer my accent to that of Indianans, who seem to be on the verge of weeping every time they speak in that nasally whine.

However, there is a world of difference between pronouncing a word with an accent and butchering the pronunciation of a word.

"NOO-kyuh-luhr" is an beastly mispronunciation of "nuclear" and there aren't two ways about it.

I think Shrub is doing it on purpose, at this point, to express his anti-intellectual sentiment and to thumb his nose at his critics.

 

[sexy-girl]

i wonder if world leaders snigger together behind his back when he says it

 

[Ms_Lilith]

when y'all look in the dictionary, do you look for nucular?

no.

And I'm merely saying that it made him look somewhat foolish.
Perhaps not in the eyes of Americans, but certainly in the eyes of 'outsiders looking in'.

 

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[just pet]

We are judged by our verbal skills (remember the SATs?). It hurts credibility. Bush represents America to the world. His image is our image. I had a teacher in nursing school who referred to the "umbiblical cord" in her lecture. She lost all credibility with me. I knew what she meant, but she sounded uneducated, all respect lost by the entire class.

 

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[bad kitty]

I have nothing against southern accents. I know plenty of people with a southern accent that can say NUCLEAR. I know plenty of people without southern accents that say NUCULAR. But honestly, not being able to pronouce a word that refers to the power that can destroy the earth is kind of a blooper, don't you think? NUCLEAR. It is NOT that difficult.

Yeah, this IS a cheap shot at Bush. But I mean what I said about the importance of saying it properly. It's not hard to do, and if you're going to be a spokesperson for an entire country, you might want to learn to speak properly.

Not everyone put such an emphasis on speaking "properly." I could speak "properly" if i wanted to, but cha know what? I am so secure with myself, who I am, and where I ame from that I ain't changing to make other people happy. I applaud Bush for doing the same thing.

 

[just pet]

I agree... They can bitch about his politics, or his Presidency....but his speech??


Little immature if you ask me.


I come from an area where everyone pronounces it as Nookoolar


I have a feeling its a regional thing

when I lived in NY......they said Apples, with a double short a sound.


In PA, they didnt.

I cant pronounce aluminum.
I guess that makes me an idiot to some



Cmon

Of course not
But if you were the president of Alcoa, I think you would probably work very hard on the correct pronounciation.

 

[Ms_Lilith]

You being a college student also should know that looking in the dictionary for the way something is spelled doesnt mean its always pronounced that way



explain tortilla

fillet.


This can be argued either way

Tortilla and fillet aren't English words. They are borrowed and incorporated into the English language.

 

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[bad kitty]

nah, it's more just the fact that you know, if you sound like a dumbass, people will think you're a dumb ass. And our president (it's painful for me to even type that) sounds like a dumb ass.

Not in everyone's opinion. So sounding southern = sounding like a dumbass. Thanx for pointing that out.