Nyookular

[Woodruff]

What you all seem to be missing is the whole political image spin thing. Don't you think that with all the PR advisors at hand, someone would've caught it and corrected it?

Not necessarily. I mean, if Obama's handlers didn't get him saying "corps" correctly...

[pimpdave]

Maybe its like the word "often". It seems like tons of people say the "t", but thats wrong! Its silent!!! Pronunciation of words changes. Soon it will be correct to say the t.

Yeah, but when idiots like you say Nukular, you're adding a fucking letter that was never there. It's not like the coupon example, where one letter is pronounced in some areas and in others it goes silent. You're adding a completely new letter.

You're stupid and a disgrace to the United States. Say it right, or the terrorists win!

[b.k. barunt]

Maybe its like the word "often". It seems like tons of people say the "t", but thats wrong! Its silent!!! Pronunciation of words changes. Soon it will be correct to say the t.

Yeah, but when idiots like you say Nukular, you're adding a fucking letter that was never there. It's not like the coupon example, where one letter is pronounced in some areas and in others it goes silent. You're adding a completely new letter.

You're stupid and a disgrace to the United States. Say it right, or the terrorists win!

Ummmmm . . . no.

Actuall it's the exact same mistake. The correct pronunciation of coupon is "koopon". People in California add a y to make "kyoopon".
The correct pronunciation of nuclear is "nooclear". Palin adds a y to make it "nyooclear".

The terrorists win - you're all dyoomed.


Honibaz

[Symmetry]

Maybe its like the word "often". It seems like tons of people say the "t", but thats wrong! Its silent!!! Pronunciation of words changes. Soon it will be correct to say the t.

Yeah, but when idiots like you say Nukular, you're adding a fucking letter that was never there. It's not like the coupon example, where one letter is pronounced in some areas and in others it goes silent. You're adding a completely new letter.

You're stupid and a disgrace to the United States. Say it right, or the terrorists win!

Ummmmm . . . no.

Actuall it's the exact same mistake. The correct pronunciation of coupon is "koopon". People in California add a y to make "kyoopon".
The correct pronunciation of nuclear is "nooclear". Palin adds a y to make it "nyooclear".

The terrorists win - you're all dyoomed.


Honibaz

Actually, she adds an extra syllable. Noo-clear (or nyoo-clear) becomes nyoo-ku-lar. The coupon example would only be valid if someone called them kyoo-poo-ons. Hopefully we can agree that that's just wrong.

[Symmetry]

And I'm sorry BK, but it's still not a Californian dialect thing. Had a chat with a few Californian physicists today. Well, two.

Both said that it's not a dialect issue, and both said that nuclear has two syllables.

[oVo]

New-Q-Lar or Newk-Lear and Kyu-Pon or Q-pawn... we are all doomed.

Tuh for the word to still bugs me.

[Symmetry]

New-Q-Lar or Newk-Lear and Kyu-Pon or Q-pawn... we are all doomed.

Tuh for the word to still bugs me.

Illiteracy is a sign of the apocalypse, and I think I speak for all liberals, and entirely without hyperbole, when I say that Sarah Palin is the anti-Christ.