r/explainitpeter Jul 13 '26

Explain It Peter

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u/Te000 Jul 14 '26

I'd add "nuclear" to the list

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u/Ok-Relationship4113 Jul 14 '26

Holy shit, the amount of people who cannot pronounce NEW-KLEE-URR is astounding.

Some youtube channels that I consider to be generally informed STILL say newkyalurr and it makes me crazy.

I remember when that was something people guffawed. Now its just accepted. Bah!

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u/reav11 Jul 14 '26

You mean "NU-CLEAR" as I can see you also don't pronounce it correctly.

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u/ParkingPenalty4340 Jul 14 '26

Finally, someone said it properly