Nov 20, 2017 · What is the name of the phonetic shift behind the common mispronunciation of the word nuclear (nucular)? Or, if the answer is "none", then I would appreciate learning the origin of the …

Oct 31, 2017 · A nucular membrane begins to form around the whole group or around smaller groups or isolated chromosomes. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club · 1870– OED notes that it used to be …

May 9, 2019 · When we quote someone, we normally reproduce their words and meaning, not their pronunciation (unless the intent is to represent dialect -- this is usually only done in literature, not …

There was the following sentence in the article of Time magazine (November 21) titled, “Senate Democrats go ‘Nuclear’ to curb the filibuster”: “During the Bush Administration, Republicans threate...

Nov 18, 2010 · The fact that it's most often used with a subordinate clause doesn't detract from that. I maintain "supposably" sounds wrong because it's a phonetic derivative of "supposedly" in the same …

Aug 15, 2019 · Interesting question. It looks like adjacent metathesis. But after that I'm at a loss to say why Norwegian doesn't act in the same way and could only wildly speculate that their is something …

This reference states: The two words "wholistic" and "holistic" have very different meanings, but there is some confusion and they are often used in an incorrect manner. The two words have very

We've recently moved from New Zealand to New York City, and have noticed that many people (most of whom have good English) pronounce "ask" as "aks". For example: Could you please go aks her tomor...

Aug 11, 2010 · In some podcasts (it seems the speaker was from California) I heard that the word "especially" was pronounced with "ks" sound like "ikspeshally". What was it likely to be, personal way …

Jul 18, 2018 · So what if it's the only word that is spelled like that? Then just pronounce it like that. Why is that difficult? Both aren't "technically correct in modern usage". This is not tomato/tomahto. And by …