Unlearning? Mis-relearning?

[bironic]

It never occurred to me that the word "nuclear" could be mispronounced until I heard people say "nucular." Since then, I've had to pause to make sure I'm about to say it right.

Similarly, I never had trouble with "prefrontal cortex" until I watched the SGA episode where Sheppard mangled it as "prefrontral cortrex." Now, as I keep coming across the phrase in readings, I stumble over it in my head, adding and subtracting "r"s. What the hell.

Does anyone else have this problem?

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[bironic.livejournal.com]

And the U.S. once again embraces the "lower class" version. :D Who needs that extraneous "s," anyway?