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Sannum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:53 PM Original message |
Please. Someone take Fuckface aside and tell him how to pronounce NUCLEAR! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. I grew up in the submarine community, and if I said that... |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. I agree! |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. NU-CU-LAR ALERT!!! |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. New clear new clear new clear nu clear |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. You can't teach an old labotamized dog new tricks (or words) |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's getting hard for me to remember how to pronounce it right. |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Same here. nt |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. As the dictionary clearly states, he's WRONG! |
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Tommymac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Nah, he's just plain stupid. |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You're right |
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ScamUSA.Com (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. some dictionarys have actually added it as an alternative pronunciation |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. That's because things like language are determined by usage... |
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alarcojon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I'm happy to ascribe it to regional dialect |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. Jimmy Carter pronounces it "nuke-you-lure", too. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. No, Carter pronounced it "New-KEE-er" |
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livinginphotographs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. Thank you. |
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alarcojon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-05 11:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. His keepers WANT him to keep pronouncing it that way |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. Sutherland says it that way, too... |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yeah, yeah, only idiots pronounce it |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-29-05 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. I gave up with "iron." |
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