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Thread #132499   Message #4136684
Posted By: Mr Red
15-Feb-22 - 03:35 AM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Right now, I can't think of any other word that has the -ear of nuclear.
Quite a few. the SOED CD ROM includes, in the phonetic search, "ere", and "ia". But if "clear" was the arbiter then only "clear" & expansions of "nuclear"

fan bloody tastic
is that anyones' pet peeve? - an example of tmesis I just found out.

Dare we mention Gazpacho police? MTJ's delightful malapropism.