Nucular! Aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh!

[ToraToraTora]

Can someone tell all the news readers, the word is Nuclear! Nu Clee ah!

[royfromaus]

Strewth

[sevenOP]

^ or, struth.

[bednobs]

only you could moan about people not making themselves clear TTT!

[Tuvok]

Newclear

[Stickybottle]

As the Spare Ed is having a purge on misplaced threads atm is there any chance this could be moved to the Media section ?

[vulcan42]

Don't hold your breath, they've been saying Glarsgow for years.

[ladybirder]

They need to get their vernacular right!

[Ellipsis]

Estuarine versus RP goes nucular ...

[tiggerblue10]

As an aside I only found out last week about the spelling and pronunciation of Kyiv is keev as the other version is Russian. And also that Ukraine doesn't have The before it as again that is the Russian way of saying it.

I live and learn.

[Ken4155]

I've told as many news readers as i can, TTT. A couple of them aren't answering their phones just yet, but i'll try again later:-)

[THECORBYLOON]

Is it not pronounced "newclear" as in "nyoocleear"?

[douglas9401]

Metathesis, apparently, even presidents do it.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2002/09/why-does-bush-go-nucular.html

[ichkeria]

"As an aside I only found out last week about the spelling and pronunciation of Kyiv is keev as the other version is Russian"]

No it isn't
It drives me mad, that pronounciation.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Uk-%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%97%D0%B2.ogg

[piper107]

the Americans pronounce it different to we English

[davebro]

Homer sez it's Nuculer & he should know - he works in an atomic power plant! :))

[ToraToraTora]

"the Americans pronounce it different to we English " - no, many of them get it right, GWB is not one of those.

[THECORBYLOON]

Is Kyiv pronounced more like, "kuyuo" with the, "you" as in, "young"?

[ichkeria]

It’s two syllables, whether Київ or Kиев

[ichkeria]

But the Ukrainian sound is softer, as is typical of The language

[Arksided]

They are the BBC and Pronunciation should be expected... but on a lighter note its Draclia... as opposed to Dracular.