It's pronounced "NOO-klee-ar"!

[Sentinel XIV]

I was just listening to the BBC on NPR here in the U.S., and they had speakers for each of the presidential hopefuls trying to sway a voter that is still undecided. One of the topics being discussed was "yea or nay to nuclear energy?" Both speakers were pronouncing the word "nuclear" as if it were spelled "nucular". I was going absolutely crazy listening to them, and eventually became so frustrated that I turned the radio off as the only other option for radio around here is a shitty Top 20 station that employs quite possibly the most annoying disc jockeys known to the world today.

Is it just me, or is education in the United States a secondary issue? I would imagine these two gentlemen attempting to sway this voter are both college educated, yet they don't have the ability to correctly pronounce a simple word like "nuclear". Unbelievable.

[InkL0sed]

I hate that too...

[saaimen]

I once had a French teacher who kept pronouncing 'aéroport' as 'aréoport'. Couldn't believe it. She studied for that job.
And on top of that, she spat. Especially while pronouncing her French 'r'.

[Grooveman2007]

I once had a French teacher who kept pronouncing 'aéroport' as 'aréoport'. Couldn't believe it. She studied for that job.
And on top of that, she spat. Especially while pronouncing her French 'r'.

My highschool latin teacher was hungarian, she had the best accent I'd ever heard.

[MeDeFe]

"Nucular", it's been a nucular.

[Curmudgeonx]

Noo-klar

That's right, the "S" is silent.








Anyone get the reference?

[The1exile]

Actually, it's Nyoo-clee-ar, if you assume it comes from Nucleus and that the OED (which is written by the Gods of English FYI) is correct. And it is. Nyah.

[saaimen]

Actually, it's Nyoo-clee-ar, if you assume it comes from Nucleus and that the OED (which is written by the Gods of English FYI) is correct. And it is. Nyah.

That's a difference between UK and American English. In the UK, you'd say nyoo. In the USA, I believe noo is more common. (Though I'm only Belgian )

[muy_thaiguy]

Actually, it's Nyoo-clee-ar, if you assume it comes from Nucleus and that the OED (which is written by the Gods of English FYI) is correct. And it is. Nyah.

That's a difference between UK and American English. In the UK, you'd say nyoo. In the USA, I believe noo is more common. (Though I'm only Belgian )

I say "nyoo-klee-ar" AND "noo-klee-ar."

[The1exile]

Actually, it's Nyoo-clee-ar, if you assume it comes from Nucleus and that the OED (which is written by the Gods of English FYI) is correct. And it is. Nyah.

That's a difference between UK and American English. In the UK, you'd say nyoo. In the USA, I believe noo is more common. (Though I'm only Belgian )

You mean "English" and "secessionist talk"

[bspride]

Actually, it's Nyoo-clee-ar, if you assume it comes from Nucleus and that the OED (which is written by the Gods of English FYI) is correct. And it is. Nyah.

That's a difference between UK and American English. In the UK, you'd say nyoo. In the USA, I believe noo is more common. (Though I'm only Belgian )

You mean "English" and "secessionist talk"

actually i think he means the UK and the people who whooped there ass in a war thus having the right to speak however the f*ck they want...but getting back on point...UK English is tons better than American English...all American English is heavily accented...I live in Texas and have family who live in New England...I cant understand a word they say

[muy_thaiguy]

Actually, it's Nyoo-clee-ar, if you assume it comes from Nucleus and that the OED (which is written by the Gods of English FYI) is correct. And it is. Nyah.

That's a difference between UK and American English. In the UK, you'd say nyoo. In the USA, I believe noo is more common. (Though I'm only Belgian )

You mean "English" and "secessionist talk"

actually i think he means the UK and the people who whooped there ass in a war thus having the right to speak however the f*ck they want...but getting back on point...UK English is tons better than American English...all American English is heavily accented...I live in Texas and have family who live in New England...I cant understand a word they say

I live in Wyoming and can differentiate a person from the East Coast and someone form the West Coast by their accent. As well as someone from Texas and someone from Florida.

[saaimen]

actually i think he means the UK and the people who whooped there ass in a war thus having the right to speak however the f*ck they want...but getting back on point...UK English is tons better than American English...all American English is heavily accented...I live in Texas and have family who live in New England...I cant understand a word they say

UK English, as in 'Oxford English', is the standard and thus better than all English. But don't forget that not the whole UK speaks Oxford English...
All language has accents, in fact I sometimes find it harder to understand what a heavily accented Brit says, than a heavily accented Texan... I find it quite risky to say US English is generally worse.

[pimpdave]

Noo-klar

That's right, the "S" is silent.

Peter Griffin, a philosopher and sage of the age.

[Frigidus]

I think that this US vs UK bit is missing the point. The correct form of English is the one I use.

[_42]

homer simpson once said
nu ke lar
i belive him

[snow_lynx]

I pronounce it as written: Nu - clear

New

clear