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muriel_volestrangler

(101,311 posts)
7. And don't forget their effectiveness against hurricanes!
Mon Aug 15, 2022, 03:49 PM
Aug 2022

I think the Florida governor should give them a contract at once, if he knows what's good for him.

Plus:

Ambitious new target to see 43% of all MPs correctly pronouncing ‘nuclear’ by 2050

In what has been described as ‘unrealistic’ and ‘unattainable’ by some opponents, Parliament today passed new legislation that will see almost half of all MPs being able to correctly say the word ‘nuclear’ in under thirty years.

Prime Minister Albanese conceded that the target would require ‘a lot of hard work’ and ‘an entirely different way of thinking about the word nucular’, but said he wanted Australia to be ambitious. “Some people think it’s a forgone conclusion that we will always pronounce it ‘nucular’, but I want to challenge our Parliament to do better. This is a floor, not a ceiling”.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton said he did not support the target and wanted other ways of pronouncing the word to be explored. “I don’t think there is enough evidence yet to suggest that the ‘l’ is definitely before the ‘ea’. We haven’t considered ‘noo-cula’. We need to also look at ‘noo-cola’. I think everything should be on the table.

https://www.theshovel.com.au/2022/08/08/new-target-43-of-all-mps-correctly-pronouncing-nuclear-by-2050/

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