Why do Americans pronounce shit retardedly?

[Witty]

Originally Posted by Dominate

Add to this list:

Aluminium (it's Aloo-MINI-um, not a-LOO-min-um)
Antarctic (ant-ARC-tic, not ant-ARE-tic)
Nuclear (NU-clee-ar, not NUKE-yoo-lar)

I was going to mention Aluminium, but I researched it, and Americans don't include the last 'i', which apparently was the original way to spell it, which explains the pronunciation, the 'i' was added to make it sound more sophisticated and scientific, but the yankydoodles are right on this one.