To think if you are going to narrate a BBC science documentary

[FraidyCat]

involving nuclear physics, you should be able to pronounce "nuclear" and "nucleus." (Hint: "Nucular" and "Nuculus" are wrong.)

(Documentary was "Faster than the speed of light" on BBC4 last night, now on iplayer.)

To me that particular mispronunciation makes the speaker sound like a toddler struggling to get their tongue around a new word.

Oh dear, have just found a Wikipedia article that says this pronunciation is so established some dictionaries mention it, though none say it's correct. I suppose it's only a matter of time before this idiocy is legitimised.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucular

That was for sirchenjin

I like Dara, though.

And he did actually study physics.

He tends to get a bit excited though, and I think he speeds up and becomes very very broad!

Oh no - the hair is tied back

Ah but will soon tumble loosely over his shoulders due to his exertions!

Wait a moment there Mrsjayy - what did you say????????? Can this really be true?? Where do I need to go in order to see the lovely Neil in the flesh?? I have his autograph in a frame, and when no-one is looking I give it a little kiss. I adore the man - I actually do love him.

Major apologies for the thread hijack btw

I said I qm no where rich enough to live where I think he lives so we are not neighbours but I see him dotting about town

Where do you think he lives??? not that I'm planning to just happen to be in the neighbourhood, oh no

Mrsjay is clearly his wife. She's running the nit comb through his luscious locks as we speak.

She won't find any - his luscious locks are too luscious. I hope you get nits and they move southwards.

Im kinda scared now he klives I the town with the castle but not edinburgh

Im kinda scared now he klives I the town with the castle but not edinburgh

Does it rhyme with twirling?

Aye but thats all im saying somebody seems to have stalker tendencies

She's certainly very committed to her imaginary husband. I divorced my last imaginary husband Edward Norton as I decided I didn't like the shape of his skull anymore.

If only real life were so easy!

I feel a trip up the M9 coming on....that mad swivel-eyed lady wearing a woolly pom pom hat, pulling a shopping trolley full of cats and calling Mr Neil Oliver Mr Neil Oliver won't be me, OK?

His skull what saw him in red dragon last week with verycdodgy highlights

Oh I do like a thread derail

Neil has highlights??? I don't believe this. I refuse to believe this.

His head looked a bit too thin. You don't need proper reasons to divorce imaginary husbands!

His highlights were the beginning of the end really.

'Quick, someone switch the wind off, it's ruining my luscious locks'

Mmmmm....he's lovely isn't he?

DH tells me he's actually gay (Neil, that is, not Mr Chen) but I think he's just jealous of the deep and meaningful relationship Neil and I have (and of Neil's hair)

He wears an acrossr body man bag like a student tut you watched the thing on bbc2 sirchejin he was on a boat with swooshy hair

He needs a clasp for his hair, there is a mrs oliver lovey least you know he isn't gay I suppose

You look really pretty in this imaginary photo SirChenjin

Yes, that was taken on our imaginary honeymoon < gazes wistfully into the middle distance>

What BBC2 was that? Did you see him on the Bannockburn thing earlier in the week? He's also not a fan of independence, so I luffs him even more for that.

Yes the bannockburn thing