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To: HouTom

Jimmy Carter STILL pronounces it NUKE-ULAR.


26 posted on 09/28/2004 11:28:52 AM PDT by weegee (What's the provenance, Kenneth? Where did the forged SeeBS memo come from?)
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To: weegee
Jimmy Carter STILL pronounces it NUKE-ULAR.

Actually, that's how Dubya pronounces it and the Merriam-Webster dictionaries list it as an acceptable alternate pronunciation. (I hate when that happens.)

However, Jimmuh Cahtuh always pronounced it "NUKE-ee-uh" (which is not acceptable, even by M-W's loose standards).

39 posted on 09/28/2004 11:55:49 AM PDT by newgeezer (When encryption is outlawed, only ksjdryu xire fjzj ensifovic.)
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