The "u" in non-american english

[highwaystar101]

Kantor said:

highwaystar101 said:

Also another thing, why can't Americans pronounce "Aluminium" correctly? I can't stand it when I hear most Americans say it. It's not pronounced "a-loo-min-um" it's pronounced "a-lu-min-ee-um", five syllables, not four lol.

That is annoying as hell, yes.

Even worse (this is not exclusively an American thing, but it seems to be most common among Americans) is nyoo-kyoo-lur. It's spelt Nu-Cle-Ar! Where does the "kyoo" come from?

I agree. It's spelt "Nuclear" not "Nuculer", mind you I know a few English people that have mispronounced it. I mean I have no idea where pronouncing it "nyoo-kyoo-lur" came from, it isn't spelt remotely like that.

It's certainly a mistake a lot of the English speaking world makes though lol.