I heard the word and how to pronounce it discussed on NPR a few months ago.
A Washington insider told the radio guy that
"it is a Washington affectation" I think he blamed the military types, but I could be mistaken and it could be the other way around for who introduced it.
I believe his final comment was "that you knew Washington had finally got to someone when they said nucular and which side they were on."
I think I have that right.
Or one could view it as
Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores.
John
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Subject: [USMA:24673] Re: State of the Union
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:11:33 -0500
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That part irks me too. Saying "nucular" instead of "nuclear"
is no different than saying "pisghetti" instead of spaghetti.
But I did notice him mentioning litres.
Now let's see what the news reports.
Stephen
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> I was glad to hear liters used in the State of the Union address with no
FFU
> translation, but I'm puzzled about one thing. The President kept
referring
> to things called "nucular weapons." Are those different from nuclear
> weapons? Also, do we have nucular submarines in addition to our nuclear
> submarines? -- Jason
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