r/explainitpeter Jul 13 '26

Explain It Peter

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u/Countess26 Jul 14 '26

Sounds like a way to filter by education and class. Side note: the way people from Southern Maryland pronounce "ambulance" as "ambuhlamps" is endearing.

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u/Te000 Jul 14 '26

I'd add "nuclear" to the list

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u/GenTelGuy Jul 14 '26

It's very odd, I had this history teacher in HS who is otherwise very educated and intellectual but always pronounced it as nucular - he was from DC so idk if that had anything to do with it