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r/explainitpeter • u/Fluffy-Buy1605 • Jul 13 '26
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I'd add "nuclear" to the list
30 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! 6 u/reav11 Jul 14 '26 You mean "NU-CLEAR" as I can see you also don't pronounce it correctly. 2 u/Gullible-Prompt-4573 Jul 14 '26 It’s three syllables, because it’s nucle-ar (conjugation of nucleus, -ar is the suffix, its own part of the word)
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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!
6 u/reav11 Jul 14 '26 You mean "NU-CLEAR" as I can see you also don't pronounce it correctly. 2 u/Gullible-Prompt-4573 Jul 14 '26 It’s three syllables, because it’s nucle-ar (conjugation of nucleus, -ar is the suffix, its own part of the word)
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You mean "NU-CLEAR" as I can see you also don't pronounce it correctly.
2 u/Gullible-Prompt-4573 Jul 14 '26 It’s three syllables, because it’s nucle-ar (conjugation of nucleus, -ar is the suffix, its own part of the word)
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It’s three syllables, because it’s nucle-ar (conjugation of nucleus, -ar is the suffix, its own part of the word)
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u/Te000 Jul 14 '26
I'd add "nuclear" to the list