On the other hand, that pronunciation of idea, while not correct, is much closer to a regional dialectal variation than the just plain wrong pronunciation of nuclear.
Dan
How freakin' difficult is it to say 'nuclear'?
Wow!
Dan
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Nuclear. Nuclear. NUCLEAR!
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... except that Kerry's word comes up far more often in common dialogue.
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... even a jargon used specifically for nukes (as opposed to pronouncing nuclear properly for other uses such as "nuclear family") by those in the "business". Sometimes you pick these things up and they just stick. If it's refinement you are looking for, Kerry seems to have changed his voice completely since his days lying in Senate hearings, and yet idearr comes through all too often. Not to mention unequivocably -- a "big" word that one uses deliberately enough to pronounce it correctly! He did it in a debate. What a boob!
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I think it may well be a regionalism.
And yes, you are being petty. Incredibly so.
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"I do believe that if he applied himself he could pronounce the common word 'nuclear' correctly."
I doubt it.He's a hopeless case.
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I am confident that he could do it. Sadly, there is no reason to think that he will.
Dan
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