Herb - Now Aluminum

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> Julie:
> > I don't mind any of the above pronunciations. It's when people
> pronounce  the word "jag-wire" that I go up the wall! 
> >  
> > Julie (apologizing if "jag-wire" is actually an accepted
> pronunciation somewhere rather than merely atrocious articulation)
> 
> Carol:
> 
> Ah, a new direction for this thread! Some of the many
> mispronunciations that grate on my nerves are "nucular" for "nuclear,"
> "often" with the "t" pronounced (an affectation, IMO), and "sell" for
> "sale."

Geoff:
I'm not quite sure which pronunciation for 'nuclear' you mean...

The one which I don't like is 'noo-clear' which may be the one you 
are highlighting. As a Brit (gosh, are you? - what a surprise!) I say 
'new-clear'.

With 'often', many people do say 'offen' but I think I include the 't' 
but very lightly stressed.