RE: Why is it....

[L_K_II_Les_Aldrich@RL.GOV]

Rick,



You can't trust dictionaries.  Their authors include a lot of words only

because enough people use/pronounce them incorrectly. For example, "ain't"

and my pet peeve "preventative" were not in the dictionaries a few decades

ago.  "New-Q-ler" may be there, but that still doesn't make it right.



Les Aldrich

l_k_ii_les_aldrich@rl.gov



-----Original Message-----

From: Strickert, Rick [mailto:rstrickert@signaturescience.com]

Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 10:23 AM

To: RadSafe

Subject: RE: Why is it....





Bob Westerdale wrote:



> After watching Pres. Bush's State of the Union last night,

> I am wondering if there is any reasonable way to get him 

> to pronounce the word 'Nuclear" correctly.  I cringed each

> time he referred to 'Nuke-yu-ler' threats



On another list someone responded to the mispronunciation 

by suggesting it was all part of Bush's strategery.



BTW, the online Merriam-Webster dictionary gives both 

pronunciations for 'nuclear' - 



   Main Entry: nu·cle·ar   

   Pronunciation: 'nü-klE-&r,  'nyü-, ÷-ky&-l&r

   Function: adjective

   Date: 1846



The site also has audio .wav files to hear the word.



Rick Strickert

Austin, TX

Fellow "nukular" cringer 





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