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Why does President Bush continue to say, “Nucular,” when he means, “Nuclear?” Of course President Carter, who was a nuclear power qualified officer in the Navy, says, “Nukee-er.” Come on. You guys are Presidents of the United States. Learn English!
Have you ever noticed how some people always use certain adjectives with particular nouns? TV and TV news is famous for this practice, but we all do it. Here’s a partial list to get you started. How many can you come up with?
Ok, now it’s your turn. How many of these silly phrases can you come up with?
Here’s a slug I got on my newsreader 1The actual article didn’t read like this from Fox news:
Smoke Break May Have Saved Woman’s Life Brenda Comer had just finished washing dishes Monday and stepped outside to smoke a cigarette when an 80-foot oak tree crashed through her roof, landing across the sink where she had been standing, splitting her house in two.
Smoke Break May Have Saved Woman’s Life
Brenda Comer had just finished washing dishes Monday and stepped outside to smoke a cigarette when an 80-foot oak tree crashed through her roof, landing across the sink where she had been standing, splitting her house in two.
Two observations: (1) What was she doing splitting her house in two? And (2) thank heavens for cigarettes.
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