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To: Mr. Silverback

That is true...Carter, the “nukular” engineer, DOES pronounce it that way. It’s really a colloquialism, sort of like the way some people pronounce “wash” as “warsh”. But I could swear that I heard Palin pronounce “nuclear” correctly.


67 posted on 09/12/2008 8:55:48 AM PDT by Purrcival (Palin runs Alaska. Obama runs his mouth.)
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To: Purrcival; Mr. Silverback
Of course Carter was padding his resume when he claimed to be a "nuclear engineer." But he had yet a third pronunciation in the second Reagan debate, when he told the audience his daughter Amy was afraid of "nookie-er" weapons.

Maybe that was Freudian.

68 posted on 09/12/2008 10:04:03 AM PDT by FredZarguna (Sweet home Alabama, where we love the Steelers, true -- Now how 'bout you?.)
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To: Purrcival

I pronounce the word drawer as “draw.” My cousins in the Philadelphia like to drink “werter.” Most normal people have something of a regional accent, even if they come from a cookie cutter generic hell like Irvine. ;-)


95 posted on 09/13/2008 1:44:53 AM PDT by Clemenza (Barack Obama: Black and White and RED all Over)
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