Commonly mispronounced words - Page 14

01-17-2007, 02:10 PM

Ow!

Shawnee123 · 01-17-2007, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Ow!

James Brown moment.

:p

01-17-2007, 02:56 PM

More like a tooth-pulled moment.

Deuce · 01-18-2007, 01:52 PM

noo-klee-er, not noo-kyu-lar. That drives me crazy.

Shawnee123 · 01-18-2007, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Deuce

noo-klee-er, not noo-kyu-lar. That drives me crazy.

PLEASE tell the president. You know someone has had to have told him he is misprouncing it and he doesn't care
"I don't care what congress wants, or what the American people want. We WILL stay the course in Iraq, and keep pronouncing 'nuclear' incorrectly. I said so, because I'm the pres, I'm the decider!"

01-20-2007, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Deuce

noo-klee-er, not noo-kyu-lar. That drives me crazy.

I like it... right up there with proactive for the intelligence litmus test.

Happy Monkey · 01-18-2007, 02:17 PM

I heard he pronounced it correctly in his "surge" speech.

Urbane Guerrilla · 01-18-2007, 10:50 PM

Look: that's him, about one third of both the House and the Senate, and at least a fourth of the general population, and that fourth not necessarily in the lowest quartile, either.

Not that it's the right way to pronounce nuclear, but his bad pronunciation should not be thought of as unique.

Shawnee123 · 01-19-2007, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

Look: that's him, about one third of both the House and the Senate, and at least a fourth of the general population, and that fourth not necessarily in the lowest quartile, either.

Not that it's the right way to pronounce nuclear, but his bad pronunciation should not be thought of as unique.

Oh, I don't think of it as unique...I just expect the leader of the free world to know better. At the very least, take heed of the hundreds of people who have told him of his error over the years. My point? He doesn't give a flying rat's ass what anyone thinks. His egocentricity is alarming; NOOOO CUE LERRRRR is just a small example of that trait.

Sundae · 01-19-2007, 12:56 PM

New-klee-ar. I thank you.

monster · 01-20-2007, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

New-klee-ar. I thank you.

Nyew-clear. two syllables with the Nu as in Menu

monster · 01-20-2007, 12:07 AM

(well maybe 2.5 syllables

)

Urbane Guerrilla · 01-20-2007, 02:48 AM

I agree; 2.5 to 3, depending on one's hurry.

monster · 01-20-2007, 09:29 AM

Definitely not 3.

And today's pet peeve is brought to you by the words

bought and brought

-they are not interchangeable, people!

Perry Winkle · 01-20-2007, 01:09 PM

Nuclear is 3 syllables. You can't have a half syllable, AFAIK.

The number of syllables in a word is usually equal to the number of real vowels in the word.

01-18-2007, 02:17 PM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I heard he pronounced it correctly in his "surge" speech. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

01-18-2007, 10:50 PM	#8
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Look: that's him, about one third of both the House and the Senate, and at least a fourth of the general population, and that fourth not necessarily in the lowest quartile, either. Not that it's the right way to pronounce nuclear, but his bad pronunciation should not be thought of as unique. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

01-19-2007, 12:56 PM	#10
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	New-klee-ar. I thank you. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-20-2007, 12:07 AM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	(well maybe 2.5 syllables ) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-20-2007, 02:48 AM	#13
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	I agree; 2.5 to 3, depending on one's hurry. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

01-17-2007, 02:56 PM	#3
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	More like a tooth-pulled moment.

01-18-2007, 01:52 PM	#4
Deuce Pesky Pugalist [sp] Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 191	noo-klee-er, not noo-kyu-lar. That drives me crazy.

01-20-2007, 09:29 AM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Definitely not 3. And today's pet peeve is brought to you by the words bought and brought -they are not interchangeable, people! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-20-2007, 01:09 PM	#15
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Nuclear is 3 syllables. You can't have a half syllable, AFAIK. The number of syllables in a word is usually equal to the number of real vowels in the word.

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