Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Snidely Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:18:46 -0800 Organization: Dis One Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <10o629v$1qssb$1@dont-email.me> <10o6emj$1uql3$5@dont-email.me> <20260303111343.00000572@gmail.com> <20260304080130.000068c7@gmail.com> <10oab0q$39n4f$6@dont-email.me> <10ocqti$4fas$3@dont-email.me> Reply-To: snidely.too@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2026 06:18:55 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="354ac905f49b56767e5ecbdc7edbc8d7"; logging-data="1392384"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/pUSf14O8DHSLgWmQuLgewwaM6wJ1zlcc=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:c/T0inSqCMtngUxbLNjEuGPAEL4= X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.06.00-gb X-ICQ: 543516788 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:82525 alt.usage.english:1138664 Thus spake rbowman: > On Thu, 5 Mar 2026 21:00:34 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > >> On Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:42:40 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> >>> A friend of ours in Bellingham says "Warshington". >>> >>> What I can't understand is where some people get the second A when they >>> say "realator". >> >> Can anybody explain “Nucular”? > > I can't explain it but in the '50s it was a common pronunciation by > politicians and other talking heads. If Eisenhower said 'nucular' who was > a little kid to question it? > > GW Bush was criticized for it but he's about my age so we grew up in the > same era I have to censor myself to say 'nuclear' or even 'nucleus'. > > In the '50s it wasn't a common word. It was 'atomic bomb' not 'nuclear > bomb', 'atomic cannon' not 'nuclear cannon'. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M65_atomic_cannon But "nuclear weapons" and "nuclear submarine". > I grew up near one of the arsenals where it was manufactured and they love > to set up the barrel during the open houses so you could look down the > bore. That and the parachute tower were the two big attractions. > > Today strapping a kid into a harness and kicking him off a 35' tower might > get Child Protective Services on the premises. Helmets? Protective Gear? > Are you shitting me? /dps -- But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.'" Viktor Frankl