Getting used to my new phone

I finally got a smartphone. It's an LG Thrive (which is AT&T's branding of the Optimus) on a pay-per-use plan. (Yes, with regrets I'm leaving Virgin Mobile for AT&T, because AT&T is the first to offer pay-as-you-go for data.)

My new phone runs Android 2.2 ("Froyo"). Initial reactions(  behind the cut )

Getting used to my new phone

I finally got a smartphone. It's an LG Thrive (which is AT&T's branding of the Optimus) on a pay-per-use plan. (Yes, with regrets I'm leaving Virgin Mobile for AT&T, because AT&T is the first to offer pay-as-you-go for data.)

My new phone runs Android 2.2 ("Froyo"). Initial reactions(  behind the cut )

Interesting pronunciation glitch

We all mocked Presidents Carter and Bush for their inability to pronounce "nuclear" correctly. (And Carter was even a nuclear submariner!) Of course, they're hardly alone; the "nucular" club has many members.

What I find interesting is that Tani has developed the opposite problem. "Particular" is pronounced "particlear", "molecular" is "moleclear", and "circular" is "circlear".

I don't think it's hypercorrection, because we generally let the kids work these things out on their own. But I suspect that whatever causes people to conflate the "-cle-ar" and "-cu-lar" patterns has happened with my son, he just happened to learn "nuclear" first.

In any case, I wonder (hey, tahnan, you're the linguist here!) how common that is.

Interesting pronunciation glitch

We all mocked Presidents Carter and Bush for their inability to pronounce "nuclear" correctly. (And Carter was even a nuclear submariner!) Of course, they're hardly alone; the "nucular" club has many members.

What I find interesting is that Tani has developed the opposite problem. "Particular" is pronounced "particlear", "molecular" is "moleclear", and "circular" is "circlear".

I don't think it's hypercorrection, because we generally let the kids work these things out on their own. But I suspect that whatever causes people to conflate the "-cle-ar" and "-cu-lar" patterns has happened with my son, he just happened to learn "nuclear" first.

In any case, I wonder (hey, tahnan, you're the linguist here!) how common that is.