Please see this author's "'Nu-Cle-ar' v1.0 (Bush pronunciation guide)" and vote your favorite! Your vote counts! (unless, of course, you live in Florida.)

Shirley Bassey's final note (i. e. scream) in the OS is exactly what the author would like to do after hearing this boner, so to speak, for the thousandth time. (The only one comparably egregious and common is referring to Realtors as "Realators". OK, got that off my plastron.) For the record, Dictionary.com says, "The pronunciation (noo-ky-lr) (i. e., Dubya's, and no "nooky" jokes, OK?), which is generally considered incorrect, is an example of how a familiar phonological pattern can influence an unfamiliar one. The usual pronunciation of the final two syllables of this word is (-kl-r), but this sequence of sounds is rare in English. Much more common is the similar sequence (-ky-lr), which occurs in words like particular, circular, spectacular, and in many scientific words like molecular, ocular, and vascular." That's a nice try at an excuse, but do they really think Dubya uses words such as "ocular" or "vascular"??? With the unshakable devotion to truth that is the hallmark of all great artists, the author must note that Jimmy Carter made the same mistake; however, the similarity ends right there. © 2006 Tommy Turtle.