The culture of mispronunciation...

At least Bush even with the mispronunciation knew what nuclear meant. [i]Lets not forget Obama was scared to even try to pronounce it as can be seen on the linked video. [/i] Obama took a question about Hanford. Let’s underscore here that Hanford is not some tiny municipal dump. It’s the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site. Obama’s response? The transcript: u Here’s something that you will rarely hear from a politician, and that is that I’m not familiar with the Hanford, uuuhh, site, so I don’t know exactly what’s going on there. (Applause.) Now, having said that, I promise you I’ll learn about it by the time I leave here on the ride back to the airport. Yes, typical Obama supporters applauded and cheered him for announcing his ignorance and then using it as an exercise in self-congratulations. http://michellemalkin.com/2010/04/09/a-reminder-of-obamas-own-nuclear-ignorance/

Maybe it was just a mistake in his part. There really are times that we mispronounce things and sometimes we put the stress in the wrong syllable. I know it is not good to tolerate such mistakes but sometimes we just have to understand that there are times that we do commit mistakes, that we mispronounce things. :)

It should be a crime, shouldn't it? I think that no one should be able to graduate or allowed to quit school before they pass specific tests, such as English grammar and pronunciation. I once almost went into anaphylactic shock when I heard a 20-something female yell, "I seen you's up da avenue da udder day!" *CRINGE* I felt like my brain was swelling up to the bursting point! Of course, the leaders of our country (or any country, for that matter) should be examples to all of us and that includes speaking correctly. Some of our elected officials speak before their brains kick in, apparently. I've heard of some doozies coming from the mouths of presidents, vice presidents, etc. Their "facts" are sometimes so incredulous it makes you lose faith in the whole system.

I have to agree with you all the way. It annoyed me every time I heard the President of the United States say nuculer... Why didn't anybody in his staff ever tell him he was sounding like a moron? I hear people on TV and everywhere that continue to mispronounce nuclear and it is VERY annoying. And now, our current president has demonstrated he doesn't know how to pronounce "corpsman", mispronouncing it several times in one speech. HIS staff dropped the ball as well since he mispronounced it in an earlier speech and I guess nobody bothered (or dared) to correct him. He looked like a total idiot during the speech, acting like he didn't even know the word at all that he was trying to pronounce. He acted like he didn't have a clue what he was even talking about, and all the while in front of a group of corpsmen. What an embarrassing moment... I have another one that is a common mispronunciation that many people, including my boss, can't get a handle on and that's saying "supposubly" instead of the correct "supposedly". I even had a lawyer say "supposubly" to me the other day and supposedly, he is an educated man. It's amazing... It is frustrating and annoying to hear people constantly mispronouncing words but it's pretty much useless trying to correct them. I've tried in a few instances to no avail. I guess we'll just have to cringe and bear it...

I think that most people are getting lazy. Whether it be from their group of friends or hearing the president mispronouncing words. Personally I try the best I can to pronounce words, though I have to work on the speed since I have ADHD. Maybe it's a trend and will go away soon? Maybe not...who knows.

I see that we are the same age, so we should understand each other apart from a minor British / American thing. Do you have a favorite word which seems to have changed on both sides of the Atlantic? Thanks to CNN and the BBC we now have "normalcy". I grew up with "normality". Mispronunciation is one thing but changing the entire word? This isn't CNN Innernashnal!

If you listen to much TV it won't take you long to hear where many of these mispronunciations are originated. That and just plain bad English, if I here one more bring where it should be take I think I'lll just scream. With you all the way, thanks.

Welcome to the south. Where simple word sound like a whole new language.