re: #168 Charles

How in the world do you get “nucular” out of “nuclear?” Good grief.

I cringed every time I heard W mispronounce this easily pronounceable word.

The Latin “nuculus”(sp?) is the base for nuclear. My science teacher said that early on, both words were used, then one pronunciation became more prevalent. He said all the fuss about the pronunciation was a lot of wind. This was in about 1970.

I was going to link to him to show how he was all famous and worked for NASA, but I can’t find him anymore.