[Amelia]

What do we expect from someone who can't even pronounce "nuclear" correctly?

[b_sharp]

"What do we expect from someone who can't even pronounce "nuclear" correctly?"

You mean it isn't pronounced nuculer?

[Oztrich Boy]

"nuculer...it's pronounced nuculer".

[lawdude]

"What do we expect from someone who can't even pronounce "nuclear" correctly?"

My nuculer Physics prof couldn't either. He also said alunimum. So your totally stupid point would be?

[Servant of the 9]

What do we expect from someone who can't even pronounce "nuclear" correctly?

Actually, he can. Nu-kler and ath-a-lete are afectations he has picked up tp sound semi-rural, sorta like Molly Ivins.

So9

[longtermmemmory]

Notice to those not paying attention: Pres. Bush has been pronouncing nuclear correctly.


We should say it is hard to take any teacher union seriously since they can even teach a student.

[AHerald]

What do we expect from someone who can't even pronounce "nuclear" correctly?

Probably a lot more than we can expect from those who engage in tendentious faultfinding over the commonly-accepted pronunciation of a single word in order to publicly belittle a person's intellect.

From Merriam-Webster Online, which includes "nuke-u-lar" as an acceptable pronunciation:

Though disapproved of by many, pronunciations ending in \-ky&-l&r\ have been found in widespread use among educated speakers including scientists, lawyers, professors, congressmen, U.S. cabinet members, and at least one U.S. president and one vice president.