Re: BBC Horizon - The Presidents Guide to Science Part 1/5

On 2008-10-18, Ye Old One <usenet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:48:05 -0500, "Rick Brandt"
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metspitzer wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMa74J2RlEI

Ugh! The narrator pronounces nuclear "nucular".

New-Qu-Lar is a common pronunciation in parts of the UK.

Only among the under-10s and the retarded.

Actually, no.

It's (another) disgrace that our increasingly dumbed-down BBC let that
stupid woman narrate.

I originated in the West Country, there I find NewQuLar is very
common. I've attended may gatherings of physicists and find the use of
that pronunciation is growing.

You may find this interesting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucular

I work in the field, nuclear engineering and research, on the USAian
side and I wouldn't say that 'nucular' is common, but I hear it enough
that it would be silly to make snap judgements just based on the pronunciation.

mike
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numbers you know something about it; but when you cannot express it in
numbers your knowledge is a meagre and unsatisfactory kind" - Lord Kelvin

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