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Question: How Do We Pronounce The Ultimate Weapon? Nook or NUKE?
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Posted on 11/05/2001 3:51:03 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat

This COULD be the biggest, most controversial debate of Operation Enduring Freedom: How do you pronounce this word:

NUCLEAR

Is it "NOOK-lee-er" or "NUK-lee-er"? Just wondering. :)
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To: Pylot
Southerners add syllables. I know Texans who can make "dawg" sound like a five syllable word.
21 posted on 11/05/2001 4:44:15 PM PST by Chemnitz
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To: Recovering_Democrat
NUKE as in nook-ie. There, all the fellows should be able to understand that.
22 posted on 11/05/2001 4:51:22 PM PST by Ken522
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To: gumbo
The anti-semites really love that one

Don't be so mischievious.

23 posted on 11/05/2001 4:56:26 PM PST by Sloth
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To: Recovering_Democrat
The ultimate weapon is a mass driven hunk of rock, from the asteroid belt.

Probably will happen within the next ten years.

24 posted on 11/05/2001 4:59:32 PM PST by dts32041
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To: RadicalRik
"They're scary and they're spoooky...." They're way too bright to loooky..." They'll make you glow they're noookie..." They're our Noook-lee-er fam-il-leeeee!"

Yeah, I remember back during the Korean War when that song was a hit. Of course, that was before the P.C. crowd made 'em take out the line "They could kill a lot of gookies...".

25 posted on 11/05/2001 5:50:47 PM PST by Slic
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To: Recovering_Democrat
I seem to recall that in my youth in the 60's I was more interested in nookie than nukie. Does that help?
26 posted on 11/05/2001 6:04:05 PM PST by blau993
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To: Pylot
Hate to tell you this, but have you ever heard our current president pronounce this word. He appeared in Milwaukee at a VFW convention prior to the election...his speech included the word Nuclear (Nu Ku Ler to W) countless times, the soundbites were very painful.

I e-mailed everyone I could think of on his campaign staff...I even e-mailed him directly and tried to explain the word comes from nucleus. I received a reply from Laura Bush which told me that, of course, they really hadn't read the e-mail. I can't say I've heard him use this word recently...have you noticed if he's changed the pronunciation?

27 posted on 11/05/2001 6:39:19 PM PST by republicandiva
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To: Chemnitz
Southerns add Syllablies

In Texas we are proud to pronounce EVERY letter in a word. Why, because we can.But to understand let me give you a few:

oil business=awlbidnes

I=Ieee

dog=d-aug

nuclear=nu-cle-air!

28 posted on 11/06/2001 3:50:15 AM PST by poweqi
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To: Chemnitz
Only when angry or in love. As in (when in love) "You shur are per-er-er-ty-y" (pretty), or (when angry) "you're a scu-uu-uu-um ba-aa-aa-G".
29 posted on 11/06/2001 5:29:01 AM PST by TheRealLobo
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Its pronounced nyuk-lee-ur. This term is derived from the command to launch which is, "Hey Moe! nyuk, nyuk, nyuk."
30 posted on 11/06/2001 5:30:58 AM PST by putupon
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Well, Richard Geere expects us to nookie them to death.

Richard W.

31 posted on 11/06/2001 5:36:38 AM PST by arete
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To: putupon
Or Jack Nicholson in "Easy Rider" nic,nic,nic!
32 posted on 11/06/2001 5:25:12 PM PST by poweqi
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To: republicandiva
Our dear prez still says "nucular." I heard him a few days ago.

I can't hold it against him, though--I've heard PhD candidates (in biochemistry) pronounce it the same way.

33 posted on 11/06/2001 10:21:02 PM PST by exDemMom
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To: exDemMom
I don't hold it against him - it's just a pet peeve thing with me - nobody's perfect...I'll just consider this his one fault...preferable to being a filandering liar, don't you think?
34 posted on 11/07/2001 4:52:26 AM PST by republicandiva
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To: Recovering_Democrat
It's "noo-ku'l-er" in Bushese. "Nucl'r"

Wanna little nukie, Osama?

35 posted on 11/07/2001 4:56:29 AM PST by Mamzelle
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To: Recovering_Democrat
I prefer to call them "Distributed Denial of Service attacks", or "DDoS attacks" for short.

;)

36 posted on 11/07/2001 5:02:14 AM PST by Winged Elf
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To: exDemMom
When the quake hit Seattle just about six months to a year ago (not sure of the exact date), an anchorman on Fox News (of all places, FOR SHAME) pronounced "tectonic" as "tutonic". The geologist being interviewed did his best to keep a straight face...
37 posted on 11/07/2001 5:03:40 AM PST by Winged Elf
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To: poweqi

NuNuNu...Nu...Nu....bigger than an atomic bomb! dagnabit

and....and...and...git away from dem sheep!

38 posted on 11/07/2001 5:21:39 AM PST by Cvengr
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Po-tay-to, po-tah-to
To-may-to, to-mah-to
Can't we all just get along?

The President doesn't pronounce "terrorist" the same way I do either; and frankly, as long as he blows them all to Allah, I don't CARE one whit what he calls them.

39 posted on 11/07/2001 5:59:39 AM PST by mombonn
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To: republicandiva
preferable to being a filandering liar, don't you think

Yep, most definitely.

40 posted on 11/07/2001 11:38:54 PM PST by exDemMom
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