Hi. I suppose Rod's point (political and defensiveness on Clinton's part) is well
taken. On the other hand, I think it may be somewhat dismissive of linguistics and
other legitimate areas of investiagtion (unintentional and in the interest only of
humor- no ill intent assumed). Just something to think about- Tim
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Timothy O. Shearon, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Psychology
Albertson College of Idaho
Caldwell, Idaho 83605
Teaching: Neuropsychology, Physiological psychology, History and Systems, Intro
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From: Hetzel, Rod [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sat 2/8/2003 2:47 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
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Subject: RE: Nu-cu-ler
I guess we just have a president for whom pronunciation is not very important.
This directly contrasts with our previous president who was meticulous not
about the pronunciation of words, but by the meaning of words. After all, who else
other than Mr. Hillary Clinton would have argued about what the meaning of the word
"is" is...
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From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sat 2/8/2003 1:57 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Cc: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: Re: Nu-cu-ler
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".
>but can't pronounce "nuclear"?
I'm more concerned with the accuracy of his purported facts than the
accuracy of his pronunciation.
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