Not to be unkind to those in question, Andrew, but in my personal observation, those who pronounce "Noo-Qu-Lur" - when faced with the requirement to speak words such as those you've conjectively semanticized, usual reference same collectively as "them thaingys."
Sincerely, and with downcast spirit, Les Les Marsden Founding Music Director and Conductor, The Mariposa Symphony Orchestra Music and Mariposa? Ahhhhh, Paradise!!! http://arts-mariposa.org/symphony.html http://www.sierratel.com/mcf/nprc/mso.htm http://www.geocities.com/~jbenz/lesbio.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Stiller To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 10:27 AM Subject: [Finale] Re: [OT] Nucular [was:Finale eggcorn] On Oct 18, 2006, at 12:27 AM, Mark D Lew wrote: > > There's a very large body of -cular words pulling the pronunciation in that direction, against virtually none that end with a sound like -cle-ar. > This makes me wonder: do people who say nucular also say nuculus? Nuculotide? Enuculated? Nuculons? Nuculic acids? Just wondering. Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
