Today I learned +

[Aeson]

We may be able to blame GWB for a lot of things, but nukeyooler has been around as a pronunciation well before he was president. Even the Simpsons were riffing on it back in 1998.

Homer Simpson, GWB, is there much difference?

 

[billd91]

Homer Simpson, GWB, is there much difference?

Homer does not come from considerable generational wealth.

 

[Richards]

The first US President I recall pronouncing it "nuke-yoo-ler" was Jimmy Carter.

Johnathan

 

[Thomas Shey]

Southern California?

Well, yes.

 

[Thomas Shey]

The first US President I recall pronouncing it "nuke-yoo-ler" was Jimmy Carter.

Johnathan

Which is just hilarious considering Carter's history.

 

[billd91]

Which is just hilarious considering Carter's history.

Back in 1977 (there's a recording on YouTube from a press conference), he was pronouncing it nuclear - though he kind of deemphasized the L so it sometimes sounded like nu-kee-ar.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I’ve heard him say the word numerous times, and it always sounded…idiosyncratic. Neither standard nor the way Bush stereotypically did.

 

[Ryujin]

Today I learned that there is a plausible theory that one of the original AVRO Arrows survived Diefenbaker's mandate that they all be cut up for scrap and that jet was somehow delivered to the UK. The theory is supported by the fact that two complete ejection seats specifically made for the Arrow project, presumably the two from the same aircraft given the slight differences that clearly mark them as used in the fore and aft positions. One seat is currently on display in a Toronto aviation museum, of all places, while the other is in private hands.

 

[The Soloist]

Well, well, well. Today, I unlearned something.

 

[Ryujin]

Today I learned that Adrian Paul, who played the lead in the "Highlander" TV series, teaches film/stage sword combat via a school called "The Sword Experience."