The Reinvention of the English Language
I was watching 24 last night. I'm hooked. I love the show. But I always found Keifer Sutherland's pronunciation of the word "nuclear" - a pronuciation he shares with our esteemed Chief Idiot - to be singularly offensive.
"NOO-KYOO-LER"
Like "whole 'nuther" and similar linguistic aberrations, it just sends me up the wall. So anyhow, I'm watching 24 last night and every character that has an opportunity to say "nuclear" - and there are many opportunities since a nuclear warhead is a central plot point - all of them say "nucular". NUCULAR! I was beside myself. Government sanctioned mispronunciation of the English language brought to you by Fox. Wonderful. Thank you President Dubya and FOX TV for validating the dumbing down of our society.
So I decided to look into this phenomenon and i come across this unbelievable find (read the usage description and click on the 3rd red audio icon at the top of the entry). The mispronunciation of nuclear that's pervading our language has now made it's way into the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
What's next? "Strategery"?
Christ.
"NOO-KYOO-LER"
Like "whole 'nuther" and similar linguistic aberrations, it just sends me up the wall. So anyhow, I'm watching 24 last night and every character that has an opportunity to say "nuclear" - and there are many opportunities since a nuclear warhead is a central plot point - all of them say "nucular". NUCULAR! I was beside myself. Government sanctioned mispronunciation of the English language brought to you by Fox. Wonderful. Thank you President Dubya and FOX TV for validating the dumbing down of our society.
So I decided to look into this phenomenon and i come across this unbelievable find (read the usage description and click on the 3rd red audio icon at the top of the entry). The mispronunciation of nuclear that's pervading our language has now made it's way into the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
What's next? "Strategery"?
Christ.
posted by michael | 5:03 PM
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