When Kerry gets back to War-shing-ton, he can help Dubya with proper pronunciation.
There’s a HUGE difference between regional accents - “you say potato , etc” and saying something that is totally wrong.
Besides saying “nuclear” as NOOK-U-LAR" haven’t you heard people say “JOO-LA-REE” (for jewelry) “REE-LA-TEE” (for realty) or “FOILAGE” (for foliage)?
When it comes to accents, we Yankees sure might sound funny to the rest of the country, but by damn it we are quite anal retentive about saying each syllable in the proper order !!!
(And where did this “Mass-a-TWO-setts” malapropism originate?)
I will admit one thing. I have a Boston accent but isn’t it more impressive when someone hears you say “HARF” or “LARF” instead of an outright malapropism?