Date:  Thu, 7 Sep 1995 09:44:01 -0500

From:  Charles F Juengling <juen0001[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GOLD.TC.UMN.EDU>

Subject: Re: Pronounciation of Oxymoron -Reply



On Thu, 7 Sep 1995, Molly Dickmeyer wrote:



> Bethany:

> At about the same time on my version of NPR, I heard my personal

> favorite (mis)pronunciation--nuke-u-lar. Who snuck that second "u" in

> there?

> Molly



Jimmy Carter.



Actually, that's probably not fair to say. People were saying nuke-u-lar

before Carter landed in the White House, but that's one thing that many

people remember about him.





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