How can we get to GW and tell him how to pronounce "nuclear"?

me

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

I hope this doesn't sound petty, but I just heard Bush say "nook-you-lar" for the word "nuclear" again and it makes me cringe every time he does it. I keep thinking that someone close to him will tell him how to pronounce the word. I always associate the mispronounciation of that word with Democrats, for some reason. Hey! Maybe that's why he does it! It's intentional; he wants the Dems to think he can relate to them!

Is there some way to get the word to him that he's pronouncing it wrong? Please don't flame me. I love our president!

[Gumption]

I, for one, couldn't care less how he pronounces it.

[svcw]

No flame but WHO CARES!!!

[truth_seeker]

The official pronounciation has now been officially changed, to the way G. W. Bush says it. Why? Because he is the President, and what he says goes, okay?

[BibChr]

I'm with you. Not a biggie, but it makes him sound ignorant and uneducated. The word is nu-cle-ar, not nu-cu-lar.

Dan

[tutstar]

Haven't been to Texas much . . . have you? LOL

[Lev]

Nope

[untenured]

On Jan. 20 all the Texans in the WH informed the DC elite that "We don't have the accents anymore. Y'all do."

[Tony in Hawaii]

He pronounces it that way for strategery reasons.

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

Would it bother you if he mispronounced anything? Like calling the United States the "United Skates"? I'm not trying to be funny. I'm willing to accept that it's just a quirk of mine, but I'm not sure if I'm in the minority or the majority. I don't think it would hurt for him to learn the proper way to say it, even if most people don't care.

[Tex-Con-Man]

Why would you assume that he has not been corrected before, but, just doesn't think it's that important? He is, after all, married to a bright, and not shy, teacher/librarian.

[Leroy S. Mort]

Perhaps he should just call it "nukey".

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

Not a biggie, but it makes him sound ignorant and uneducated. The word is nu-cle-ar, not nu-cu-lar.

Thanks, Dan. I kind of wanted to say that, but didn't know how to word it without making it look like I think he's ignorant and uneducated. Apparently, we're in the minority based on the response I've received so far.

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

Why would you assume that he has not been corrected before, but, just doesn't think it's that important? He is, after all, married to a bright, and not shy, teacher/librarian.

You could be right. But, I suspect he doesn't know. He may be doing it for other reasons, such as "strategery", though. :-)

[Burn24]

This is too funny! My son also cannot pronounce "nuclear," or even "dracula." And he was born in England, educated in America. Maybe there's a speech teacher out there who knows?

[Magician]

Jimmy Carter pronounced it the came way, and he had worked on nuclear engineering projects.

[cliff630]

RE#2 & 3

I for one would like to see him use it to level the
monolith @ Mecca. That might get the attention
of the Islamic Nation more than pronounciation.

[ArrogantBustard]

Under Pres. Carter, it was nukier. Like "more nukey". Pres. Carter to Chmn. Brezhnev: "Hey Leonid! Our weapons are nukier than yours. Nyah Nyah Nyah.

[ken21]

yep, jus' as i suspected...a no'therner.

w is a texun.

an' texuns talk like that.

so, get use'tit.

[July 4th]

I agree too, because it always catches my ear when he says it. It's a simple mistake that many say over and over, and can be corrected. Didn't Jimmy Carter say it that way too, though?