Originally Posted By DyGDisney This is short and fun to watch over and over! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f86zDWpmq4g" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...zDWpmq4g</a>
Originally Posted By gadzuux I can't watch you-tube at work, but if this addresses Palin's use of 'new-ku-lar' in the debate last night, I hope it skewers her good. And remember she said - "energy is my area of expertise". Right. Maybe you can learn how to pronounce the word. Or maybe it's a cute and endearing GOP thing. I don't get it.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Maybe you can learn how to pronounce the word.<< Maybe the word "nuclear" should just be changed to "maverick" instead. OUT: Newkulur energy. Newkulur weapons. Newkulur family. IN: Maverick energy. Maverick weapons. Maverick family. Much easier to remember, rolls right off the tongue.
Originally Posted By alexbook I'm getting really tired of making fun of people for mispronouncing things. There are some brilliant people who are poor speakers, and some excellent speakers who are completely untrustworthy. In case you've forgotten (I posted it in another thread), Jimmy Carter pronounces it "nucular," too, and he was a nuclear engineer by training.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney gadzuux, you must watch it at home. It's not just Palin, but I don't want to spoil it for you.
Originally Posted By barboy And how many times over the years have I heard: 'Yusemite' vs Yosemite 'Las Angeles' vs Los Angeles But her use of 'nukular' assuming via ignorance rather than just a slip of the tongue is inexcusable for (as zuux says) one who declares "energy is my area of expertise".
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie Well I was going to go Maverick last night having to listen to it!
Originally Posted By Mr X Lex Luthor also pronounces it that way and he's a GENIUS! Hang on a sec, Luthor, Carter, Bush, and now Palin... Maybe it's not an intelligent thing, maybe only BAD GUYS pronounce it that way!
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie But...But...but... Carter builds houses for the poor! He can't be evil...
Originally Posted By DyGDisney Yeah, Jimmy Carter is a good ol' guy. He wasn't much of a President, but he wasn't a bad President either.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I look at this the same way as the word "Realtor" It is pronounced "real tor" not "real a tor" yet MANY people pronounce it that way. We were with a Realtor last weekend checking out a house that our son and his wife are interested in. The Realtor was a really nice (college educated) guy. When he mentioned another "Real a tor" my eyes bugged out for a moment but I didn't think he was an idiot
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << Yeah, Jimmy Carter is a good ol' guy. He wasn't much of a President, but he wasn't a bad President either. >> You know, there were more jobs created in the U.S. economy under Jimmy Carter's 4 years than under 8 years of GWB -- and that's by a factor of 2.
Originally Posted By fkurucz Maybe we can change the way its spelled: nuclear -> nucular. Why not? We changed the spelling of aluminIUm after all. In the US, its spelled (and pronounced) "aluminUm".
