When someone from Britain speaks, Americans hear a "British accent"...

[Steve Holden]

Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2005-10-07, Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:
[...]
>>Then again, what can you expect from a country whose leader
>>pronounces "nuclear" as though it were spelled "nucular"?
> 
> 
> Don't get me started on _that_ one.  I found it particularly
> horrifying that Jimmy Carter pronounced it "nucular" -- he had
> studied nuclear engineering at the naval acadamy, and should at
> least be able pronounce the word.
> 
> 
>>I suppose it's only a matter of time before they change the
>>spelling just like they did with "aluminium".
> 
> 
> :)
> 
One can only hope that Bush has been control of the nuclear weapons 
rather than the nuclear ones.

regards
  Steve
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