[HPFGU-OTChatter] chaise longue and nuclear (new-kew-lar as our you-know-who says it)

[Mrs. Lee Storm]

[Marty]:
| However, GWB's "new-kew-lar" makes my skin crawl. Say it once, 
| OK, but don't keep making the same error over and over again, 
| Mr. President. A few presidents have said it that way, but it 
| was a slip and they didn't consistently make the same mistake. 
| Why make an easy-to-pronounce word difficult with such a manner 
| of sp

[Lee]:
Ah--but that's the key, isn't it..."Easy to pronounce."  For some folk, I
think, the "CL" in the middle of a word is not necessarily something that
trips off the end of the tongue, not as easily as a "cul". soe "nuclear" is
something that the tongue has to learn because "nucular" comes out so
easily.  And it's not just our President who's done it...I've heard news
anchors do it a lot from time to time, especially if the word comes up
repeatedly.

I haven't been really reading this thread, so some of these may have popped
up:
"Lie-berry" for Library
"Febuary" for February (in fact, my speech synthesizer says "Febuary")
"Amboo-lance" for Ambulance (which most easterners, at least, pronounce with
a long U "Am-BU-Lance."
"Ruff" for Roof (with long U sound)
"Spaycial" for Special
And don't forget the "on-velope" "en-velope" thing.

...I could probably think of more if I had all day, which I don't.  It's
lovely out and beggs me to take a walk. :-)  And so I shall as I hate to
waste pretty days. :-)

Cheers,

Lee :-)

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