… that “nuclear” is pronounced NOO-KLEE-YER. Or even, if you’re a bit pedantic, NYOO-KLEE-YER.<\/p>\n
Not NOO-KYOO-LER.<\/p>\n
It’s a nucleus <\/i>that’s split, not a nuculus<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Of course, Jimmy Carter, himself a nuclear engineer aboard a sub, used to say the same thing. And it bugged the hell out of me then, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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