New-Clear, NOT "Nuke-ular"!

[Strykervet]

I'm not one of those grammar cops, but goddamnit for some reason when I hear people, generally intelligent people, call nuclear weapons or nuclear technology "nuke-ular" it drives me batshit. Bush used to do this and I chalked it up to being southern as I grew up around it.

But now it's everyone. Please, unless you like sounding like a fucking moron to those that do know physics and math (or at least how the word "nuclear" is pronounced) then for the love of fuck, please STOP NOW!

And before your run you fucking mouths, know good and goddamn well that "nuke-ular" is akin to calling a magazine a fucking clip, only worse.

Rant over, carry on.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

But Jimmy Carter.... The nu-clear engineer from Rickover's nu-clear Navy... Says nu-kular.... Who are we to believe....

Cheers, Sirhr

 

[vh20]

But Jimmy Carter.... The nu-clear engineer from Rickover's nu-clear Navy... Says nu-kular.... Who are we to believe....

Cheers, Sirhr

My first thought as well

 

[lash]

[h=1]nuclear[/h] adjective nu·cle·ar \ ˈnü-klē-ər , ˈnyü- , nonstandard -kyə-lər \


In case there was ever any doubt.

 

[myronman3]

if this is all you have to bitch about.....i want to live your life for a while.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

While we're at it... the word is Fo-lee-adj. Not Foil-adj. Pretty leaves on trees and plants... are Fo-lee-adj.

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[TonyTheTiger]

I've managed to set most of the people in my inner circle straight on this important issue. Next up, I got to get them the to stop saying joolery instead of jewelry...

 

[MtnCreek]

...Bush used to do this and I chalked it up to being southern as I grew up around it.

...

Neither Bush's are Southern. They are pure fucking yankee; both of them.

 

[308pirate]

It must be a speech impediment, like calling Arkansas "arkansaw"

 

[EddieNFL]

www.findalife.com

 

[Yasherka]

Well, since SOMEONE opened this can of worms....it's LEW-pold, not fucking LEE-oooh-pold.

 

[308pirate]

Well, since SOMEONE opened this can of worms....it's LEW-pold, not fucking LEE-oooh-pold.

+1

And while we're at it I have two more:

It's LAH-pua, not la-PUa. It's Sah-ko (very short o, the kind Anglos can't pronounce) not Say-koh. I asked a Swedish friend how do the Finns pronounce those words and that's what he said.

 

[Veer_G]

+1

And while we're at it I have two more:

It's LA-pua, not la-PUa. It's Sah-ko (very short o, the kind Anglos can't pronounce) not Say-koh. I asked a Swedish friend how do the Finns pronounce those words and that's what he said.

En una mierda, tío.

 

[308pirate]

En una mierda, tío.

Dude, you know I'm right.

 

[Spooky68]

I dunno....I just axed my cousin about this and he said that y’all full of shit.

 

[Veer_G]

Dude, you know I'm right.

I should récord myself speaking Spanish like Jeff Spicoli and make you listen to it over and over.

 

[Sean the Nailer]

And then there's the "Where can I pahhk my caaahhhh?

 

[FS1]

No matter how you pronounce it Just be happy Hillary did not get elected...because she would have sold Putin the Biscuit.

 

[Veer_G]

And then there's the "Where can I pahhk my caaahhhh?

Don't make me teach English up in this em-effer, y'all.

 

[SEMO Shooter]

I think Bush pronounced it as "nuke-ular" because he was the President and he would pronounce it however he wanted.

 

[hlee]

And then there's the "Where can I pahhk my caaahhhh?

Hahvahd yahd...

 

[mavrick10_2000]

Regardless ( a word), irregardless (NOT A WORD) - drop it from your vocabulary. You know who you are.

 

[thejeep]

Sontimeter vs centimeter

 

[Maser]

Here's the only word you need to know how to pronounce correctly:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FvPbxZmZxZ8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

[Mike Casselton]

Butt-un.

Not no, but fuck no!!!

It's Buh-ton. That fucking little round thing on your shirt that goes through the little buh-ton hole and holds the God-damned shirt together.

I'm so glad I don't get upset over trivial shit. ;^)

 

[Mike Casselton]

Then there's Florida.

It ain't Flow-ridah.

It isn't Floor-ih-duh. (Well, it really is)
The Spanish would pronounce it Flo-ree-duh with a rolling rrrrrr. (Also correct)

Floridians pronounce it Floor-duh.
Nuff said.

 

[101stinfantry]

How many grammer nazis does it take to screw in a light bub?

 

[lash]

Well, first of all, there is no such thing as a light bub. In my experience, all Bubs are in the heavy side.

 

[mtrmn]

I dunno....I just axed my cousin about this and he said that y’all full of shit.

^^^^^This. This ratcheer.^^^^^

 

[Maggot]

En una mierda, tío.

and that would be -Me air da

A lot of that in this fhread

 

[P-Squared]

I dunno....I just axed my cousin about this and he said that y’all full of shit.

Would not the correct structure be: All y'all full of shit?

 

[101stinfantry]

What about warshing machines? When I have a great ideal, the light bub in my head lights up!

 

[308pirate]

The Spanish would pronounce it Flo-ree-duh with a rolling rrrrrr. (Also correct)

Sorry Mike, we would not.

The rolling R is limited to two occasions:
1. When R is the first letter of a word
2. When there is a double R

 

[308pirate]

How many grammer nazis does it take to screw in a light bub?

I don't know, but it only takes one spelling Nazi to correct your post..........it's grammar, not grammer.

This is grammer: https://www.grammer.com/en/welcome-to-the-grammer-website.html

And this one too

 

[101stinfantry]

LOL! Good catch, you got me there!

 

[Srgt. Hulka]

What about mayon-aise?
Mayon-aise a lot of people on here pissed off about grammar tonight.

Or disaline.
Is disaline I git in to git my welfare check?

 

[Srgt. Hulka]

Here's the only word you need to know how to pronounce correctly:
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Another use. George Carlin was funny as fuck!

 

[Mike Casselton]

Sorry Mike, we would not.

The rolling R is limited to two occasions:
1. When R is the first letter of a word
2. When there is a double R

Alrighty then, I sit corrected.
'cause ima sittin on the couch.

 

[Mike Casselton]

What about mayon-aise?
Mayon-aise a lot of people on here pissed off about grammar tonight.

Or disaline.
Is disaline I git in to git my welfare check?

Hereabouts it's man-aze

 

[Maggot]

Sorry Mike, we would not.

The rolling R is limited to two occasions:
1. When R is the first letter of a word
2. When there is a double R

I love the way they do that as in arroyos or the double in ferrocarril

 

[Maggot]

Hereabouts it's man-aze

Are ya'll trying to pronounce 'may naze'?

 

[Srgt. Hulka]

Hereabouts it's man-aze

LOL, I thought about it before I typed it, and couldn’t decide on the “right” way to spell it.

 

[Alphatreedog]

Then you got Plilly speak like Ack -a-me instead of Acme . And what's wit (as opposed to with )
Haa-v-de-graaa as opposed to Haver de Grace Maryland .

 

[308pirate]

A word southerners cannot pronounce even if their life depended on it: oil

I wanna hear that i sound.....LOL

 

[Mike Casselton]

Are ya'll trying to pronounce 'may naze'?

Bofa dem.
Actually, it's kinda county specific.

 

[Mike Casselton]

A word southerners cannot pronounce even if their life depended on it: oil

I wanna hear that i sound.....LOL

You mean, earl?

How about you git me a duzzen aigs

 

[Veer_G]

Sorry Mike, we would not.

The rolling R is limited to two occasions:
1. When R is the first letter of a word
2. When there is a double R

Okay. Lemme straighten this out with a slightly more profound explanation.

Conversely, you non-habla-ers could spend about six years almost learning Spanish well enough to read a turgid academic Spanish text-book, and then plow your way through "Azevedo," like I did:

https://www.amazon.com/Introduccion-.../dp/0205647049

Or, you can grab a cheat-sheet, which only half-explains it: http://www.fahs.surrey.ac.uk/languag...h-phonemes.htm

The "rolling" r, or rr, actually consistently "rolls" in most Spanish. The difference is in the length of the "roll." The "soft" r, or phonemically /r/, only bounces once; the rr, or /rr/ phoneme, bounces in repetition. Except, of course, for many Puerto Ricans, who turn the /r/ into more of an l, and say "velde," and the /rr/ into something like an old Frenchman coughing up phlegm: http://spanishlinguist.us/2013/04/puerto-rican-r/

For those of you who habla, watch (and listen) to this lady. For those of you who don't, just watch. You'll at least get a giggle.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_kk7AQybJCk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

[Mike Casselton]

Okay. Lemme straighten this out with a slightly more profound explanation.

Conversely, you non-habla-ers could spend about six years almost learning Spanish well enough to read a turgid academic Spanish text-book, and then plow your way through "Azevedo," like I did:

https://www.amazon.com/Introduccion-.../dp/0205647049

Or, you an grab a cheat-sheet, which only half-explains it: http://www.fahs.surrey.ac.uk/languag...h-phonemes.htm

The "rolling" r, or rr, actually consistently "rolls" in most Spanish. The difference is in the length of the "roll." The "soft" r, or phonemically /r/, only bounces once; the rr, or /rr/ phoneme, bounces in repetition. Except, of course, for many Puerto Ricans, who turn the /r/ into more of an l, and say "velde," and the /rr/ into something like an old Frenchman coughing up phlegm: http://spanishlinguist.us/2013/04/puerto-rican-r/

For those of you who habla, watch (and listen) to this lady. For those of you who don't, just watch. You'll at least get a giggle.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_kk7AQybJCk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

308pirate
I get the feeling Veer is saying we're both wrong. :^)

Matters not though.

Being in Florida we get about 9 billion versions of the Spanish mother tongue.
Lots of it is slang just like the Queen's English being watered down into what we know and speak today.

I've never been good at speaking other languages, but I do pretty well at picking up on regional dialects. I have no idea why.
It might be for the same reason I can't play music, yet I can tell if the pitch is off.
Screwy

 

[Veer_G]

308pirate
I get the feeling Veer is saying we're both wrong. :^)

Well, ya got your trained life-takers, your trained heart-breakers, and your trained Spanish teachers.

Two out of three ain't bad.

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[308pirate]

308pirate
I get the feeling Veer is saying we're both wrong. :^)

He's over complicating the matter with dialectical pronunciations, while I'm just going by what La Real Academia teaches. Two sides of the same coin.