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[prog]

[NOOK-yoo-lur] is a perfectly fine way to pronounce the word. It is a legitimate variant and in fact how I learned to say it, growing up. If you think that getting snarky over this is the way to fight a culture war, then you personify everything that's wrong with this side. Shape up and focus

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[doctor-atomic.livejournal.com]

While it certainly is an over-used source of ridicule, nucular is just plain wrong, and you'd think the president of the United States could make some effort to correct himself.