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Why many native speakers can't pronounce "Nuclear" properly?
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<blockquote data-quote="Occams Barber" data-source="post: 77538677" data-attributes="member: 313365"><p>You're right. </p><p></p><p>"<em><strong>New- cue - lar" </strong></em>is a legitimate dialect variation within the US - but, Gee, it's irritating to those of us who speak proper English. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>What makes it worse is the US propensity to pronounce 'new' as '<em>noo</em>' and deliberately pronounce the final '<em>R</em>'. (Americans tend to have big Rs while the rest of us have little 'Rs". <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />)</p><p></p><p>In proper (Australian) English, 'nuclear' is pronounced '<strong><em>n-you-clee-ah'</em></strong> (no final 'R' sound)</p><p></p><p>In Americanese it gets twisted up into '<strong><em>noo-cue-larr</em></strong>' (the 'R' is pronounced).</p><p></p><p></p><p>OB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Occams Barber, post: 77538677, member: 313365"] You're right. "[I][B]New- cue - lar" [/B][/I]is a legitimate dialect variation within the US - but, Gee, it's irritating to those of us who speak proper English. :rolleyes: What makes it worse is the US propensity to pronounce 'new' as '[I]noo[/I]' and deliberately pronounce the final '[I]R[/I]'. (Americans tend to have big Rs while the rest of us have little 'Rs". ;)) In proper (Australian) English, 'nuclear' is pronounced '[B][I]n-you-clee-ah'[/I][/B] (no final 'R' sound) In Americanese it gets twisted up into '[B][I]noo-cue-larr[/I][/B]' (the 'R' is pronounced). OB [/QUOTE]
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