Somebody needs to tell Laura it's "height" not "heighth."

[TNDemo]

I just saw the clip of her speech from The Daily Show and she was talking about hiding under the desks and that it was the "heighth of the cold war." Petty, I know, but if someone writes your speech, other people vet it and you practice it, someone ought to point out when you make up a word.

[CO Liberal]

1. And Tell Dubya It's "NOO-clee-arr", not "NOOK-yoo-lar"

It's an entire family of idiots. Several generations of them....

[redqueen]

11. I don't know when it happened

but 'nu-ku-lar' was added to the dictionary as an alternate / nonstandard pronunciation.

Same as happened with 'irregardless' and many other idiotic words that the ubiquitous use by the not-so-very-well-read has foisted upon us.

[qb]

2. She's a librarian for Christ's sake. She ought to have access to a

dictionary.

[calico1]

3. I have a coworker who also says

"heigth." From what I understand it is supposedly an old pronunciation of the word.

[Misunderestimator]

4. She thinks she's Elizabeth Barrett Browning, only it was "BREADTH"

"I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach..."

That's worse than saying "Libary."

[Bill McBlueState]

5. noticed that too

Anyone who can read can see there's no 'h' after the 't.' Champion of literacy indeed.

[underseasurveyor]

6. Another word she mispronounces is 'Important'

She says 'Impoordant.' No Pickles, the word is pronounced Im-por-tant. geeeeesh :eyes: I know it's a little thing but you'd think an edgamacator of her *ahem* stature wood no bedder :evilgrin:
heh heh

[lpbk2713]

7. These clowns have just got to be an embarassment to all Texans.

Or New Englanders or whatever the hell they are. I feel sorry for anyone who has to say they have something in common with these illiterate idiots. It looks like their mental development stopped around age six or so.

[displacedtexan]

8. I saw that, too!

TCU grads don't make stupid mistakes like that; however, SMU grads do.

(Disclaimer: I'm a TCU grad.)

[auburngrad82]

9. And tell Bush it ironic, not "ironical"

[TNDemo]

10. Teresa has mastered five languages.

You would think Laura could master one.

[TheSuaveOne]

12. Careful

Main Entry: height
Pronunciation: 'hIt, ÷'hItth
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English heighthe, from Old English hIehthu; akin to Old High German hOhida height, Old English hEah high

Seems as though she did have it right...la

[redqueen]

13. Merriam Webster

Out of four entries theirs was the only one that listed the nonstandard (kind, there... really should be archaic) pronunciation.

From American Heritage:

"Usage Note: The pronunciation of height with a final (th), (hth), which is rarely heard now, reflects the original spelling and pronunciation of the word in Old English. During the Middle English period, the (th) varied with (t), with the final (t) predominating after the 15th century. Another pronunciation, with a (th) sound coming after (t), (htth), is often heard, but it is generally regarded as nonstandard. In a recent survey, 90 percent of the Usage Panel disapproved of this pronunciation, which probably came about by association with width, breadth, and length."

[lpbk2713]

14. BREAKING NEWS: Laura Bush is a time traveller.

She speaks a tongue last used 500 years ago.

Just wait till Rushbo gets ahold of this and boasts about Laura's exploits with King Arthur.