Nucular Weapons....aaarrrggghhhh

[ToraToraTora]

Some eejit on the news channel saying "nucular" makes my blood boil. How can we have "journalists" who can't even talk, surely that's the basis for reporting on TV.

[barry1010]

😬

[ToraToraTora]

.....now there is some woman on there saying we are supplying Ukraine with measles! That's all they need!

[jackthehat]

But you know what they mean, don't you?

It's obvious what they are talking about, right?

Mangling the spoken word on a spoken word platform pretty much correlates to mangling the written word on a written word, wouldn't you say?

[jackthehat]

*platform...

[barry1010]

SOHH 

[hellywelly4]

It annoys me too. Then we can start on 'could of' and 'should of' - it never ends.

[bhg481]

like people who use "eejit" for "idiot", you mean?

[THECORBYLOON]

Is this really, "news" or is it about pronunciation?

[jackthehat]

Quite, TCL.

This ought to be in TV or, given the irony of the poster and the subject, perhaps Jokes would be more appropriate?

[curlyfries81]

Looks like it's your turn today, ToraToraTora 😂

[THECORBYLOON]

This is his fifth thread about the pronunciation of "nuclear".

[naomi24]

TTT frustrated by other people's use of language. Who'd a thunk?!

[THECORBYLOON]

Good point, well made!

[Hopkirk]

George W Bush struggled with the word terror.

It sounded like trrrrrrr.

[brainiac]

Bush - famously - could not pronoune 'nuclear'

[ToraToraTora]

oh dear looks like a lot of alans in a brahms again. If you are going to use a word pronouce it correctly that's the point. All the rest is obfuscation.

[Togo]

"like people who use "eejit" for "idiot", you mean?"

Eejit is a perfectly good word. It is of Scottish origin and means "a stupid person".

Collins Dictionary. Def. eejit   ... 

1. a foolish or senseless person
2. old-fashioned, offensivea person with a severe learning disability

  

[davebro3]

Homer says "nucular" and he should know!

(Marge says "foilage")

[barry1010]

If you want to be understood use the correct words that everyone can understand. That's just common sense and courtesy

[Togo]

Our "heritage" broadcaster is the worst offender in the race to the bottom of the lingustic league. The next 4 months will be Septemba, Octoba, Novemba and Decemba.