# Look here, Dubya **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2001, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-here-dubya/64067 "2001-05-02T11:27:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Syehoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Syehoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syehoc)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-here-dubya/64067/1 "2001-05-02T11:27:25Z")
I have this itch about people pronouncing the word “Nuclear” as “Nucular.” I would think that if anyone could get it right, it would be the president of our fine country, who has the opportunity to say the word more than most people in the world. ``` N U C L E A R ``` ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-here-dubya/64067/2 "2001-05-02T11:28:35Z")
Bit of a mute point isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-here-dubya/64067/3 "2001-05-02T11:31:59Z")
Former President Jimmy Carter was a classic at mis-pronouncing this word. I think he added syllables. ---
**Author:** ![Morrison\_s\_Lament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Morrison\_s\_Lament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morrison_s_Lament)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-here-dubya/64067/4 "2001-05-02T11:33:55Z")
Give our Chinese Intelligence boys ten minutes alone with him and they’ll have him saying nuclear right in twenty-two languages 😃 — G. Raven ---
**Author:** ![Syehoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Syehoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syehoc)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-here-dubya/64067/5 "2001-05-02T11:44:05Z")
> [@](#): > > - Originally posted by Coldfire > \*\* > Bit of a mute point isn’t it? > \*\* ``` I guess I could of yelled, cursed at him, and used alot of exclamation points but I don't have much against the guy. Just this one word......So far anyway. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2001, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-here-dubya/64067/6 "2001-05-02T11:48:53Z")
Huh? Hee 😉 You did say “could of”, so I’m not sure who’s whooshing who here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-here-dubya/64067/7 "2001-05-03T04:44:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBill \* > \*\*Former President Jimmy Carter was a classic at mis-pronouncing this word. I think he added syllables. \*\* The hell of it is, he was a nuclear tech at one time! Well, maybe he pronounced it a la Georgia and it just sounded wrong to Yankees. ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-here-dubya/64067/8 "2001-05-03T04:49:07Z")
I suggest everyone should go down to thier local libary to find out how to say nucular. Also, find out how to say foilage. Dagnabit. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-here-dubya/64067/9 "2001-05-03T05:08:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Bit of a mute point isn’t it? \*\* I’m either laughing with you, or at you. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-here-dubya/64067/10 "2001-05-04T03:59:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mercutio \* > **I suggest everyone should go down to thier local libary to find out how to say nucular. Also, find out how to say foilage.** I could care less.