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Johnny2X2X

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38. It's an innocent mispronunciation for most

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 09:35 AM

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For Bush, I think he did it to sound more folksy. And today, those on the Right who say it, do so to be anti educated.

Nuclear technology seems complicated and the luddites in the GOP consider anything complicated to be the educated elite. Notice how Trump throws it into speeches often because he had an uncle who was an engineer. It's an appeal to expertise fallacy. "My uncle did this job that you don't understand, so I'm smart..." Trump's uncle was actually an electrical engineer who taught at MIT and did write about nuclear physics and founded a company that worked on nuclear medical technology. His business collapsed when the government cut his funding.

But at its core to this brand of fascists in charge right now, it means, "leave the complicated stuff to us, we get it, and we'll handle it for you. Don't let those educated elite libs tell you how to pronounce words."

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] wcmagumba Tuesday OP

Guilty as charged! Tasmanian Devil Tuesday #1

Yes, I mispronounced the word for many years PatSeg Tuesday #47

I'm with you Devil. Without thinking about it, I mispronounce it. Polly Hennessey Tuesday #54

People pronounce words as they hear them iemanja Tuesday #2

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Yup, exactly -- it could hardly be otherwise (nt) William Seger Tuesday #65

Jimmy Carter did it, too dpibel Tuesday #3

And Jimmy Carter was a nucular engineer in the US Navy! Munu Tuesday #46

Jimmy Carter pronounced "nuclear" as "NOO-kyuh-luhr" Brother Buzz Tuesday #4

Southern style Easterncedar Tuesday #6

There's something about the Southern style Brother Buzz Tuesday #8

That's old NY Italian Polybius Tuesday #15

My husband's dad, born and raised on "Lon-GUY-land"... 3catwoman3 Tuesday #34

My neighbor pronounces oil as "awl" Jersey Devil Tuesday #37

they say ALL Skittles Tuesday #18

That was it Brother Buzz Tuesday #68

I heard him pronounce it as nookeyur. That lazy southern tongue at work. generalbetrayus Tuesday #10

Don't get me started! Easterncedar Tuesday #5

Gifted annoys the hell out of me róisín_dubh Tuesday #22

Easier for many to pronounce, because the tongue and mouth parts don't have to move as much tblue37 Tuesday #7

Because there is this concept called "having an accent". FascismIsDeath Tuesday #11

nope Skittles Tuesday #17

Um... YEP, its can be an accent thing. FascismIsDeath Tuesday #61

I grew up as a GI brat Skittles Tuesday #63

That has zero to do with accent róisín_dubh Tuesday #23

You don't know what you're talking about. FascismIsDeath Tuesday #60

my other pet peeve is when people say "calvary" when they mean "cavalry" eShirl Tuesday #12

supposably, realitor, infastructure, febuary, Don't get me started. lamp_shade Tuesday #13

Love your tagline, too Easterncedar Tuesday #25

Liberry for Library, Pitcher for Picture Diamond_Dog Tuesday #64

Jewlery, ekspecially, mischevious, expresso, ekscape.... STOP ME! lamp_shade Tuesday #66

My husband says mischevious. Diamond_Dog Tuesday #67

Because after a while, pronouncing a certain word differently becomes our trademark Polybius Tuesday #14

why do people say JEW-LER-Y instead of JEW-EL-RY Skittles Tuesday #16

And Reelator instead of realtor! Easterncedar Tuesday #26

My Wife Had That Habit ProfessorGAC Tuesday #49

Pronunciation can get tricky... Joinfortmill Tuesday #52

I guess if they hear George W Bush* (and admittedly Jimmy Carter before) say it that way hlthe2b Tuesday #19

Drove me nuts every time he did it. tavernier Tuesday #27

I believe certain regions in this country have traditional pronounciations. no_hypocrisy Tuesday #20

The OP is about pronouncing it "new kew ler". That isn't regional. Mariana Tuesday #43

Sort of like PEWWWlitzer not pullitzer. GreenWave Tuesday #21

It is one of the things I cringe at Bettie Tuesday #24

Regional pronunciation differences. Dulcinea Tuesday #28

It is not regional. Mariana Tuesday #44

Others Have Disagreed... ProfessorGAC Tuesday #50

I only accent the first syllable... Soul_of_Wit Tuesday #58

Axe instead of Ask MichMan Tuesday #29

LOL - that particular mispronunciation has always irked me. Where does the extra "u" come from??? Vinca Tuesday #30

New Clear J_William_Ryan Tuesday #31

I wish people would speak proper. Doodley Tuesday #32

Same reason people use the nonword "anyways" instead of "anyway." valleyrogue Tuesday #33

The same way people say ask as axe. That is what they heard from other people. n/t Jacson6 Tuesday #35

My dad corrected me when I was a boy. He said, say New Clear. Emile Tuesday #36

It's an innocent mispronunciation for most Johnny2X2X Tuesday #38

That 'nice-to-have-a-beer-with' equinophobic silver spoon cowboy Ilsa Tuesday #39

This message was self-deleted by its author DUMember24 Tuesday #40

I believe that Lex Luthor pronounced it that way in Superman IV Orrex Tuesday #41

Pacifically.... odins folly Tuesday #42

One of my good friends pronounces it this way fujiyamasan Tuesday #45

Its ridicalous! maxsolomon Tuesday #48

Riddikulus! :-) Ilsa Tuesday #55

regional accents? Just a guess. Joinfortmill Tuesday #51

Ike stahted it. yorkster Tuesday #53

Ambience is another head-scratcher to me Torchlight Tuesday #56

Thank you for Traildogbob Tuesday #57

It is not Dee-troit (n/m) Soul_of_Wit Tuesday #59

There Are Some Who Would Beg To Disagree, Big Time! ...... ColoringFool Tuesday #62

DEE is often used for emphasis Soul_of_Wit Tuesday #70

My pet peeves JustAnotherGen Tuesday #69

Don't Rebl2 Tuesday #71