At 11:02 AM -0500 2/8/03, Beth Benoit wrote:
I know this may be a stretch to relate to psychology, but I'll try...Our President drives me absolutely crazy with his continual, embarrassing mispronunciation of "nuclear." There has been much mentioning of it in the press, so it seems hardly likely that he's not aware of it.
I believe that it started with Eisenhower.
My husband insists it's a speech defect, which sounds unlikely to me. Who can pronounce "clean,"
Listen carefully -- in most cases you'll hear "cuh lee an".
I'm more concerned with the accuracy of his purported facts than the accuracy of his pronunciation.but can't pronounce "nuclear"?
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