Seriously? Nookular?
I'm not sure which was more bizarre today.
Governor Palin saying "nuclear" with the same "nookular" pronunciation as both President Bush -- and former Vice President Dan Quayle who, if you recall, also used to say "nookular." Or FOX News Channel's Steve Doocy suggesting that, heck yeah, Governor Palin has foreign policy credentials because:
...she is right up there in Alaska right next door to Russia.
By that logic, if she spends enough time standing next to Senator McCain, she'll also attain POW experience.
Meanwhile, some random observations about Senator McCain's new running mate:
-How soon before McCain calls her a "trollop"?
-The unofficial nickname for the campaign: Pale & Palin '08.
-Odd that the backdrop in Dayton said "Country First." I seriously doubt this running mate selection had anything to do with putting the country first. Desperation First, maybe. Or Pandering First.
-And finally, here's another shallow nickname for all of your snark purposes: Quaylin.
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This is a common mispronunciation, it has nothing to do with education or intelligence:
http://www.pbs.org/speak/speech/beastly/#Nuclear
Is it Valentines or Valentimes? I bet she says Valentimes!!!
I used to do live closed captioning of network and national news, and when Dubya spoke, I tried to get his, shall we say, grammatical nuances as close to his actual speech as possible, as I figured folks who couldn't hear him should still have access to just what our president was saying. This included figerspelling "NUKE-UE-LUR" whenever it came up and whenever I could. I don't know how the networks liked it (!!) but it was true to life. Well, you know what I mean. Oh dear dear dear..... and if this were just the worst of it, eh?
Cheap shots, Bob.
I gotta million of 'em too, but the problem with McCain/Palin isn't paleness or Quayleness, and mockery doesn't win new votes. The only ones laughing are those who already agree with you.
Obama is campaigning not just to change government, but to change politics - including the tone and the level of campaign discussions. The latter may be a secondary objective, but fighting a clean fight is a stragetic component of his campaign, and it is a key element of his appeal to a large bloc of his supporters.
Karl Rove's legacy of stinkbomb campaigning has to be shut down, not emulated by the good guys. If you support Obama, support him in that effort too. It's important.
I watched her speech and had to back up the TIVO when I thought she said Nookular.
She's not quite ready for prime time. I watched her in PA today and she said absolutely nothing of any value. And she called the old guy "sir".
So glad we have more entertainment. Not like we have real problems to discuss.
We are about to find out just how DumbedDown America really wants to be
Also Dwight Eisenhower and RFK Jr., among others.
It's called "phonetic drift," or more simply "lazy mouth." This is how language evolves.
E.G. "hafta" for "have to," "could-a" for "could have" and "try and" for "try to."
What's easier to say? "Nuclear" or "nucyoolar"? Try it.
See what I mean?
Kind of like the people on television saying, "joolery" instead of "jewelry". I cringe every time Bush or one of his uneducated colleagues butcher the English language. What's more, Bush most often mentions "nookular" weapons when he is overseas giving speeches. You can see on the European leader's faces that they are trying hard to not burst out laughing.
What an embarrassment! I hope that I'm not "misunderestimating" the American people in believing that Palin will get nowhere near the White House.
If you want to unnecessarily alienate people, just spend a lot of time correcting their pronunciation and spelling.
But we need to know...
Is it "coopon" or "cuepon"?
Is it Valentines Day or Valentimes Day?
The cultural slide has become a bungee jump.
Hide your dictionaries in a secure location.
I knew it ! Iknew it!!!
I thought I was hung over from the DNC and becoming paronoid when I heard that commentator say "Heck yeah she has experience she's right up there near Russia." I also recall Andrea Mitchell being somewhere in this scenario, but not sure.
I started to run screaming to Huffpo and as far as my tired fingers could type me into to relate the tale. But said no I must have imagined such bizarrely, incredulous right wing spin.
W-T-F!!!!
While we're on the subject of pronunciation, I have other pet peeves.
It's not AHY-RAN and AHY-RAK
It's not UH-RAN and UH-RAK
It's I-RAN and I-RAK.
Actually, its pronouned i-ron and i-rock. The 'i' is short as in 'it'.
But you can pronounce it however you like as far as I am concerned.
Hi,
I am Iranian-Canadian. It has to be pronounced like EE-RON. The first sound has to take a while. It does not sound like "i" in "it" at all. It is more like "eat". As For Iraq, it is pronounced E'RAAQ. The first part is pronounced like "i" in "sir". "AA" also takes a while. Note that Q in Arabic (as well as in Persian) is pronounced similar to "R" in French. English does not have that sound.
As for you our dear southern neighbours, it would be very stupid to vote for someone who has not visited more than three countries (once to Ireland, and in 2007 to Germany and Kuwait) and even does not know how to pronounce the name of "enemies". She has not watched any news for the last 28 years. Otherwise, she would know how to say the words. Then, she suddenly wants to become the foreign policy maker.
I am an ordinary person and I have visited US, Spain, Italy, UK, Latvia, China, South Korea and Switzerland (as well as Iran and Canada, of course). I would make a much better VP than she would.
actually, it's pronounced e-rahn and e-rak with a soft -e-,
i dated a man from persia
I lived in Isfahan, Iran (also spelled Esfahan). You may be right about your boyfriend's pronunciation. Much like the USA there are different accents depending on where you live in the country. But the man (persian) who taught me Farsi in Iran taught me to use the soft -i- sound and rahn (or rawn). Either way...it is not and has never been "I ran"...like someone being chased.
Actually the citizens of Iran do not pronounce it I-Ran....I tend to pronounce it the way the Iranians do because I would think they would know how to pronounce the name of their own country. I have never lived in Iraq, so I'll leave it to you to educate us on the correct pronunciation. However, I have lived in Iran and they do not say I-Ran. The "I" is a short "I" sound as in the word "big" and the "a" is like "aw".
Oooh. I've been pronouncing it like a real Iranian. I guess that would be "I" (as in big) rawnian".
On the subject of pronouncing words in general, I love to hear Obama say "Taliban". Most people say it like tal-eh-ban. He says "tally bawn".
All of you misunderstand my pronunciation. I meant short "i" or long "e". That's the way short "i" is written in the English dictionary. But if "EE" what you prefer, then EE-RAN is fine with me. Just don't say "I" the way you say "Ireland". Don't ask why, but that drives me crazy as much as nookular.
I have foreign experience fighting the drug cartel. Live 50 miles (tad closer than Juneau is from Russia for you geographically challenged rightees) from US-Mex border, and I bird those Sonora license plates whenever they cut in front of me.
I have foreign experience.
I live in San Diego, right next to Mexico.
LMAO
I've been to Cancun, Mexico!
I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express!
I live in the same neighborhood as some foriegners.
This is the George Burns-Gracie Allen ticket--good for laughs.
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