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#1 2007-05-15 20:54:55

Techwreck
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Registered: 2007-05-10
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"nucular" for nuclear and "realator" for realtor

Clearly not eggcorns, but definitely worth mentioning as two little bug bites that almost always cause me to break out in a rash…

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#2 2007-05-18 07:28:45

steela
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Registered: 2007-05-18
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Re: "nucular" for nuclear and "realator" for realtor

I would agree – and it is doubly annoying when it is someone on the news – one would think that broadcast journalism would require some kind of extra courses in using the correct words and pronunciations.

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