nucular and Latino

[ANNE V. GILBERT]

Herb:

> One possibility is that the cluster [klj], as in
> ['nuklj at r] is rare in English unstressed syllables
> whereas there are plenty of models for [kj at l@r], as in
> particular, secular, etc.  So we tend to go on the
> analogy of the familiar.  So goes language change.
> Maybe one day spelling will catch up.

Maybe, except these "mispronunciations" also hold for such words as
"library/libary" and "jewelry/jewlery", and "cholesterol/chloresterol".  I
heard the last pronunciation from a nutritionist.
Anne G