nucular: was Paraplegic.

[James Smith]

--- "ANNE V. GILBERT" <avgilbert at PRODIGY.NET> wrote:


> All I can say here is, I can't tell you how many
> people who are supposed to
> be "educated" do much the same thing.  "Nucular" is
> a popular pronunication
> for "nuclear", even among people who will use
> "reservwah"(a sort of French
> pronunciation) to suggest their education.  This is
> just an observation on
> my part.  And I'm not trying to be snobby either.
> Anne Gilbert

 I'm one of those who grew up thinking it was
'nucular', that it was a different word from
'nuclear'.  In my foggy memory, I even recall seeing
'nucular' in print in newspapers, and in magazines
such as 'Life': is this false memory, or was 'nucular'
for a period of time an accepted spelling?


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