Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this? Especially ticks me off when I hear top government officials saying it...is this some alternative, acceptable pronunciation and I just don't know it?
2006-09-05 10:33:00 · 19 answers · asked by heather g 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
At least two US presidents - Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush - share this annoying-and-all-too-common-habit.
If you can succeed in correcting this problem we'll all be grateful.
While you're at it, could you teach military spokespeople that a stash of weapons is a "cache" and not a "cachet" - which I'm pretty sure is something you keep in a lingerie drawer to keep it smelling pretty.
2006-09-05 10:42:46 · answer #1 · answered by DidacticRogue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it isn't some alternative acceptable pronunciation, but it's the way George W. Bush says it, and it cracks me up every time I hear it. As to the government officials saying it, maybe it's a case of the Emperor's new clothes, and no one wants to tell him he's nu-ked, I mean naked.
2006-09-05 11:47:05 · answer #2 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here in Ontario we have an ad campaign going about how nuclear power is cleaner than other energy sources, and its tag line is, "Let's be clear...about nuclear." They even add the "NU" to "CLEAR" in superimposed text to help pound the point home. It would be interesting to see what would happen if a similar campaign ran in the States--that way people who insist on pronouncing the word "nu-cu-lar" would have a new, clear perspective on the issue. There's no second U in the word.
2006-09-05 14:41:02 · answer #3 · answered by ichliebekira 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means the same thing doesn't it? Why do all the edumacated pukes get their panties in a bunch when somebody uses slang? We can't change the language to being fun to speak, nosiree, we gotta toe the line and speak as if were talking to the damn king? Well, guess what? We don't have a king here no matter how much GWB, or Swartzenegger followers think they deserve it.
2006-09-05 11:15:01 · answer #4 · answered by Marcus R. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ask George Bush
2006-09-05 10:34:59 · answer #5 · answered by Pauline 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
George Bush's accent
2006-09-05 10:40:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People in the news piss me off too I hate the way they say e-rock and e-ron instead of iraq and iran
2006-09-05 10:36:48 · answer #7 · answered by Spaceman spiff 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess its the southern way to say it. lol! i think all of us down here say "nuculer" i havent even noticed it till you said something.
2006-09-05 10:36:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they type N, U, C, L, E, R instead of N, U, C, L, E, A, R
2006-09-05 11:24:40 · answer #9 · answered by Laith Attar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Considering Bush's education (Andover, Yale and Harvard), he should know better.
2006-09-05 10:39:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋