http://patterico.com/2004/01/21/the-case-for-nookyoolar/ Harangues that just make sense Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:13:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://patterico.com/2004/01/21/the-case-for-nookyoolar/#comment-560 Beldar Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=1152#comment-560 Credit, please, the Curmudgeonly Clerk and Prof. Volokh; I did no more than link their stuff. And although I found their defenses of the nonstandard pronunciation to be persuasive, like you I'll still avoid it, and probably still wince when Dubya says it — but then I'll smile a small smile and nod for no apparent reason. Credit, please, the Curmudgeonly Clerk and Prof. Volokh; I did no more than link their stuff. And although I found their defenses of the nonstandard pronunciation to be persuasive, like you I’ll still avoid it, and probably still wince when Dubya says it — but then I’ll smile a small smile and nod for no apparent reason.

]]> http://patterico.com/2004/01/21/the-case-for-nookyoolar/#comment-561 Patterico Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=1152#comment-561 The links are indeed to the Curmudgeonly Clerk and Prof. Volokh, as anyone who reads the posts will see -- but Beldar collected the links in one convenient place, and deserves credit for that. The links are indeed to the Curmudgeonly Clerk and Prof. Volokh, as anyone who reads the posts will see — but Beldar collected the links in one convenient place, and deserves credit for that.

]]> http://patterico.com/2004/01/21/the-case-for-nookyoolar/#comment-562 bear, the (one each) Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=1152#comment-562 Must be a GOP thing: Ike also said nookyoolar, oftentimes just before he climbed aboard his heliocopter. Must be a GOP thing: Ike also said nookyoolar, oftentimes just before he climbed aboard his heliocopter.

]]> http://patterico.com/2004/01/21/the-case-for-nookyoolar/#comment-563 Patterico Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=1152#comment-563 According to the links cited in Beldar's post, Carter and Clinton also pronounced it the funny-sounding way. According to the links cited in Beldar’s post, Carter and Clinton also pronounced it the funny-sounding way.

]]> http://patterico.com/2004/01/21/the-case-for-nookyoolar/#comment-564 Steve M. Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=1152#comment-564 Maybe it's a subliminal message to our enemies, as in "[I'm going to] NUKE YOU-ler." Maybe it’s a subliminal message to our enemies, as in “[I'm going to] NUKE YOU-ler.”

]]> http://patterico.com/2004/01/21/the-case-for-nookyoolar/#comment-565 Xrlq Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=1152#comment-565 IIRC, the other Prez Bush said "nucular," too. IIRC, the other Prez Bush said “nucular,” too.

]]> http://patterico.com/2004/01/21/the-case-for-nookyoolar/#comment-566 James Joyner Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=1152#comment-566 Jimmy Carter pronounced it that way, too. And he was a nucular engineer. Jimmy Carter pronounced it that way, too. And he was a nucular engineer.

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