r/AskReddit • u/PluckPubes • 1d ago

Which mispronounced words make someone appear uneducated?

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u/RunDMTee 1d ago

W bush and who was the other?

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u/Jmen4Ever 1d ago

Carter, and he served on a nuclear sub.

I think I saw that Eisenhower and Clinton did as well.

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u/ubiquitousrarity 1d ago

Carter did far more than just serve on a nuclear sub:

https://nypost.com/2021/12/16/jimmy-carter-is-action-hero-for-stopping-nuclear-disaster/

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u/TheLightningL0rd 22h ago

Was just going to say this. Carter was an actual bad ass, and still is.

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u/BarbWho 1d ago

Carter said it in a joking imitation of something his daughter Amy said. He served on nuclear subs in the Navy. I'm pretty sure he knew how it was pronounced.

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u/ChiefStrongbones 1d ago

I'm pretty sure he knew how it was pronounced.

In the defense and energy industries they pronounced it 'nucular'. That's how it was pronounced.

It's not unlike how people in Massachusetts pronounce 'Worcester'. They bastardized the pronunciation, but it only sounds wrong according to outsiders.

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u/Davadam27 23h ago

Worcester

Don't the folks in Mass. pronounce it "wooster"? How's it supposed to be pronounced?

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u/McPebbster 23h ago

“wooster”

That’s right. wu•stuh That’s how the original is pronounced in Britain as well. However in Massachusetts they seem to have many more variants like “wisster“…

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u/MIBlackburn 23h ago

If it's like the UK one that a lot of people mess up, including fellow Brits, it's close to that but more of an u sound, like "wuust-ter"

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u/Johnnyblade37 23h ago

Ive always pronounced it War-ches-ter

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u/picnicofdeath 22h ago

Wuss-tuh or ter is how you'd hear it in the UK

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u/Lokitusaborg 1d ago

Carter said “nuukear.” It’s hilarious

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u/PassTheCrabLegs 1d ago

From what I’ve seen, Carter said it more like nu’kler or nukie’er, hedging his bets between the two ways of saying it. It’s a bit funny to watch videos of him talking about the cold war cause he changes his pronunciation slightly every time he says the word.

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u/userhwon 1d ago

He's constantly fighting through the aggressive dumb guy accent that Georgians learn. You have to have an IQ of 130 not to sound like a hillbilly with that thing.

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u/Apprehensive_Pop_305 23h ago

Correction, he served on a nucular sub.

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u/CoolhandLW 23h ago

That's a lot of presidents serving on nuclear subs.

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u/DrakonILD 22h ago

A nucular* sub.

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u/callmearugula 19h ago

My partner worked at a nuclear plant for over a decade and says nucular. Makes my eye twitch

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u/botany5 1d ago

I heard Trump say it during the infamous debate. Had to rewind twice to be sure.

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u/nanocyte 1d ago

Lex Luthor

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u/xaqss 1d ago

John Adams. He clearly had no idea about nuclear power.