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Mispronunciation of 'Nuclear' Goes 'Noo-kyoo-lur'

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President Donald Trump deserves credit for having one talent that many previous presidents have lacked: pronouncing the word "nuclear" correctly.

Commanders in chief from Dwight Eisenhower to Jimmy Carter to George Bushes I and II reshuffled the syllables of "nuclear" more often than their cabinets. Their most common renderings were "noo-kyuh...Read more

 

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