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As I recall, Jimmy Carter notoriously pronounced it that way. That wasn't recent and he wasn't a Republican either.Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:
Or... words that increasingly few people pronounce correctly.
Aparently Sarah Palin joins our esteemed president in the 'nukeyoular' vs. 'nuclear' schism, so I am beginning to wonder if this word is a shibboleth for membership in the Republican party. I'm trying to think whether there are any other English words like this that a nontrivial number of nontrivial people so blatantly mispronounce. Anybody?
Originally posted by Paul Clapham:
As I recall, Jimmy Carter notoriously pronounced it that way. That wasn't recent and he wasn't a Republican either.
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It says so in the Wikipedia article about Nucular.Originally posted by Joe Ess:
Interesting if true since he was on the cutting edge of nuclear energy back in the day.
Originally posted by Paul Clapham:
Nucular
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There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
A good workman is known by his tools.
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Originally posted by Marc Peabody:
I don't understand hhhhhhhwhat you're talking about. Everyone in Warshington talks normal
I have no idea where that "R" comes from
"We're kind of on the level of crossword puzzle writers... And no one ever goes to them and gives them an award." ~Joe Strummer
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"We're kind of on the level of crossword puzzle writers... And no one ever goes to them and gives them an award." ~Joe Strummer
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Pronouncing an `r' which isn't there is probably just a variation of the error common in many dialects of not pronouncing `r' when it does exist.Originally posted by Pat Farrell:
...Except those who get elected running against Warshington.
I have no idea where that "R" comes from, or the one at the end of cuber the island south of Florida.
Originally posted by fred rosenberger:
linux - i sound or e sound?
There's no such thing as "correct" in that particular example. There is only what people do in real life. Often people have a strong opinion about what is "correct" in areas like this one, and when you look closely you find that, amazingly enough, what they consider correct corresponds to their own usage.Originally posted by Frank Silbermann:
Among the British, it seems to me that the Welsh tend to have the most correct pronunciation of the letter 'r', whereas the Irish overcompensate and over-pronounce it. It seems to be a particularly troublesome letter; Dave Barry ones wrote that the letter `r' is mispronounced in most languages.
Originally posted by Paul Sturrock:
I've no idea how you choose who is "right". (Unless of course you are speaking about the Scots - we are always right).
The street name Houston confuses many people from outside of New York (invariably becoming one of the easiest signs of spotting tourists) because the letters "ou" are pronounced as in the word house (pronounced /ˈhaʊstən/), whereas the same letters in the name of the city of Houston, Texas are pronounced like the "u" in huge (pronounced /ˈhjuːstən/ or /ˈjuːstən/ Template:"HYOO-stin"). This is because Houston Street was named for William Houstoun (note that the spelling is different), long before the fame of Sam Houston, for whom the city in Texas is named. Some people mistakenly believe that the pronunciation was popularized by the accents of local Jewish immigrants.
There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
Originally posted by Mike Simmons:
Hmm, yes. So for example, the right way to pronounce "Germany" is "Deutschland". Got it.
Both of them. If I'm talking to you then I'm going to talk about the Appa-LAY-chans, because that's correct for you and me. And if some folks in the backwoods of Virginia say it their way, that's correct for them. Just like tom-AH-to and tom-AY-to.Originally posted by Pat Farrell:
Still, if you pretend its the same language, who gets to claim that their pronunciation is "correct", the locals? or snobs in New York City?
Originally posted by Pat Farrell:
and this allows the locals to know who to shoot
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