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"Nucular" is a commonly used metathetic form of the word "nuclear". While it is usually regarded as a mispronunciation, and no dictionaries list this particular pronunciation as correct, several make mention of it because of its increased usage. ==Notes== ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary'' receives enough questions about their mention of this mispronunciation in the dictionary that it is one of two mispronunciations which receive particular mention in their FAQ: Though disapproved of by many, pronunciations ending in \-kyə-lər\ have been found in widespread use among educated speakers, including scientists, lawyers, professors, congressmen, United States cabinet members, and at least two United States presidents and one vice president. While most common in the United States, these pronunciations have also been heard from British and Canadian speakers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Your pronunciations of "often" and "nuclear" are wrong! How can you say they are correct? )〕 ''American Heritage Dictionary'': The pronunciation (noo'kyə-lər), which is generally considered incorrect, is an example of how a familiar phonological pattern can influence an unfamiliar one … () much more common is the similar sequence (-kyə-lər), which occurs in words like ''particular'', ''circular'', ''spectacular'', and in many scientific words like ''molecular'', ''ocular'', and ''vascular''.〔 ''Oxford English Dictionary'': The colloquial pronunciation British /ˈnjuːkjʊlə/, U.S. /ˈn(j)ukjələr/ (frequently rendered in written form as ''nucular''()) has been criticized in usage guides since at least the mid 20th century () although it is now commonly given as a variant in modern dictionaries.〔"(nuclear, adj. (and adv.) and n. )". OED Online. September 2013. Oxford University Press. Accessed 10 September 2013.〕 The ''Oxford English Dictionary''s entry for ''nucular'', representing the colloquial pronunciation, dates the first published appearance of the word to 1943.〔"(nucular, adj.2 )". OED Online. September 2013. Oxford University Press. Accessed 10 September 2013.〕 In his 1999 book ''The Big Book Of Beastly Mispronunciations'', logophile Charles Harrington Elster noted that the vast majority of those he spoke with during the writing of his book as well as 99 percent of the 1985 usage panel of Morris & Morris' ''Harper Dictionary of Contemporary Usage'' specifically condemned the use of the word and characterized it as a mispronunciation. Elster's own view on the matter derives from the root of the word: "''nucleus''". Arguing by analogy, Elster suggests that "''Molecular'' comes from ''molecule'', and ''particular'' comes from ''particle'', but there is no ''nucule'' to support ''nucular''."〔Elster, Charles Harrington. ''The Big Book Of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete Opinionated Guide for the Careful Speaker''. Houghton Mifflin. Pp.347-350. ISBN 978-0-618-42315-6. 2006.〕〔''(Do you Speak American? )'' PBS. 2005.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nucular」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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