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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

A note to newsreaders from the Pronunciation Unit

Say "new". Say "clear". Now, say "nuclear".

6 comments:

John East said...

Whatever the correct pronunciation, you can be sure that the man (or woman?) who presses the button to start WWIII will say "New Kule Are"

James Higham said...

Eh? What's all this rating stuff? And are all the posts going to be short or what? Like the possible further reading links though.

SACKERSON said...

"As well a well-wrought urn becomes
The greatest ashes, as half-acre tombs"

And knowing me, how would you ever think I could stick to short observations?

dearieme said...

So much easier when it was "atomic". Why won't people leave well alone?

matt said...

Ya'll better be careful 'bout how you go sayin' nucular or yer liable to git nuked.

Signed,
dubya

SACKERSON said...

Matt - I'm ducking and covering, Bubba.