If it was to be pronounced “nucular”, it would have been spelled that way. The spelling indicates that “nuclear” derives from the already corrupted term and should be pronounced as such.
If you really want to be etymologically correct, nuclear and nucular are both wrong and it should be nuculear (new-queue-le-ar), which is similar to and indeed also, a bit peculiar.
If it was to be pronounced “nucular”, it would have been spelled that way. The spelling indicates that “nuclear” derives from the already corrupted term and should be pronounced as such.
If you really want to be etymologically correct, nuclear and nucular are both wrong and it should be nuculear (new-queue-le-ar), which is similar to and indeed also, a bit peculiar.
Everything is spelled how it is pronounced, no tough thorough thought required.
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