We turn to Stanford University Professor Seth Lerer, scholar of the English language: "I have come to believe that in fact, that is a regional or class dialect pronunciation, and that while educated ...

When a politician uses the word "nucular," it's no accident. The common mispronunciation of "nuclear" by folks who should know better -- including senators on the Armed Services Committee and military ...

…with this applause line: "The Iranian government is defying the world with its nucular ambitions, and the nations of the world must not permit the Iranian regime to gain nucular weapons." And so the ...

Last week we looked at the hows and whys of some words we tend to mispronounce. It turns out we mispronounce some words because we come upon them while reading and apply to them our English-language ...

When speaking about nuclear weapons, George W. Bush invariably pronounces the word “nucular.” Is this an acceptable pronunciation? Not really. Changing “nu-clee-ar” into “nu-cu-lar” is an example of ...

This week's program explores The Nucular Option... our guests are Geoffrey Nunberg, Stanford Linguist and regular Fresh Air commentator, and Stella, the comedy trio (Michael Ian Black, Michael ...

It’s a stirring moment. The president is rallying the nation, speaking of weapons of mass destruction, Saddam Hussein, good and evil. You watch, silently cheering him on, and then, suddenly, you sense ...