Apologies to both our loyal readers for the lack of new content lately. Family illness and a slow news season have interfered with keeping up. Speaking of the State of the Union et al., I wonder (he asked, semi-rhetorically) if people actually in the nuclear industry are any more or less likely to mispronounce “nuclear.” Based on my observations (including the Bush dynasty), people associated with the CIA are far more likely to say “nucular” and do not take well to correction (no, I’ve never tried to correct a Bush).

Note: The first bush article linked above indicates that Bush Sr did not mispronounce “nuclear.” I thought I remembered otherwise, but could well be mistaken.