Nuclear and Regular
Are spelled differently than they're pronounced. I say "nuke-you-ler" and "reg-uh-ler".
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 18:59, 13 replies)

FFS!
It is NOT 'nuke-you-ler'! It IS spelled how it's pronounced: 'new-clear'. Get it right!
( Bob Todd whee, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 19:39, closed)

No it's not
It's three syllables: not two.
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 9:59, closed)

It may be just me, but I would say that you pronounce both of those words wrongly then.
I'd say new-cle-ar and reg-you-lar.
( TFD is sporting this season's finest necropants, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 19:42, closed)

Listen, let's just agree to disagree, or better to agree that you are wrong

( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 20:04, closed)

I don't know about 'reg-uh-ler', that might be a regional thing for all I know.
But 'nuclear' is in no way 'nuke-you-ler' and whoever told you this is a flaming moron.
( Bob Todd whee, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 20:08, closed)

probably all a provincial thing - we have our own ways in the southwest
When I moved up north to Minnesota, I realized I was the only one who could speak properly (don't get me started).
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 20:20, closed)

But look at how it's spelled!
It's 'nu' and then 'clear'. CLEAR, not 'kew-lar'. Do you see a U between the C and L?
( Bob Todd whee, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 20:32, closed)

You're making the assumption that when I began to speak English I could read.
Duh!
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 20:50, closed)

It is nu-cle-ar
It refers to reactions which occur between one atomic nucleus and another atomic nucleus. A Nu-Cle-Us, is not pronounced Nu-Clus, and consequently reactions pertaining to these are not Nu-Clear reactions, they are Nu-Cle-Er reactions.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 21:18, closed)

Nuke-you-lar?
FFS!

So let's see, you have a friend called Cu-live and at the weekends you go cu-limbing on cu-liffs. And maybe you eat cu-lam chowder in a cu-lammy cu-loset while listening to cu-lassical cu-larinet music.

What a cu-lot.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 16:54, closed)

Oh come on!
It's really no worse than the Irish pronunciation of "film".
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 17:56, closed)

Is there anyone on b3ta claiming that "film" is pronounced differently than* it's spelled?
* different from, not different than
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 19:00, closed)

No, that was a comparison, like cu-limbing and cu-liff, which no one on B3ta claimed until you did
And yes, my Irish friend pronounces it "fillum".
( BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 19:18, closed)