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minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up152·4 months agoStart pronouncing it ‘nucular’, there’s no bigger turn off.
minus-squareBanana@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·4 months agoRIGHT?! I’m glad I’m not the only one. It’s based on the term NUCLEUS ffs.
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·4 months agoNow, to be fair, nucleus it comes from the latin nuculus. It just that it sounds bad and feels bad to say
minus-squareBanana@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoNoooooo my whole worldviewww
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoDubya said nucular, must be right.
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·4 months agoFun fact: “nuclear” ultimately comes from the Latin nucula, ‘little nut’. The c and l being adjacent is the result of metathesis, similar to pronouncing “ask” as “ax”.
minus-squareHudell@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoIs that because we exist within a nut? Or something like that, I don’t know. I don’t remember anything from the “the universe in a nutshell” book.
Start pronouncing it ‘nucular’, there’s no bigger turn off.
RIGHT?! I’m glad I’m not the only one. It’s based on the term NUCLEUS ffs.
Now, to be fair, nucleus it comes from the latin nuculus. It just that it sounds bad and feels bad to say
Noooooo my whole worldviewww
nuculus*
🥺
Dubya said nucular, must be right.
Fun fact: “nuclear” ultimately comes from the Latin nucula, ‘little nut’. The c and l being adjacent is the result of metathesis, similar to pronouncing “ask” as “ax”.
Is that because we exist within a nut?
Or something like that, I don’t know. I don’t remember anything from the “the universe in a nutshell” book.