PSA

[jaina]

Dear government and military officials,

The word you're looking for is NUCLEAR. NUKE-LEE-ER. Not, I repeat, NOT, nook-you-lar. Please learn to pronounce it properly, because you sound like a FUCKING MORON. The fact that you are in charge of anything remotely nuclear-weapon-related when you can't even say it right *terrifies* me.

Jeebus.

Comments

[jainamsolo.livejournal.com]

The thing though, is that "nuclear" comes from "nucleus." Nucleus has three syllables, so therefore its adjective should too, at least to my mind. That's why "noo-kleer" doesn't really work for me.