The Little Things'Hullo chaps', bellows Richard McBeef, of 'the internet' fame. My boss has managed to make 'shown' into a two syllable word and it drives me round the fucking bend. Tell us about the little things that people around you do, which annoy you for more than they rationally should. Vent your spleen.
(, Fri 18 Mar 2016, 8:47)
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Can you say 'New'?NEW
Can you say 'Clear'?
CLEAR
Now put them together to form the word 'Nuclear'
NEW-KEW-LAR
This abomination is now so prevalent that it's on the point of being accepted as correct (e.g. www.merriam-webster.com/help/faq-february-nuclear-pronounce)
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MisterPunch did it that way on, Fri 18 Mar 2016, 17:56,
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Nuclear is derived from nucleus.It's not pronounced "new clear" either. Ita "new clee uh"
(, Fri 18 Mar 2016, 19:09, closed)
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