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Mispronunciation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mispronunciation is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "incorrect or inaccurate pronunciation". The matter of what is or is not mispronunciation is a contentious one, and indeed there is som...
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Now that Dr. Language has provided a one-stop cure for the plague of misspelling, here are the 100 words most often mispronounced English words ("mispronunciation" among them).
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mispronunciation. One entry found for mispronunciation. ... See a map of "mispronunciation" in the Visual Thesaurus. Pronunciation Symbols ...
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Spelling problems - Avoid Mispronunciations. A list of the most commonly Avoid mispronunced words ... Mispronunciation often causes the misspelling of words. Below are some common examples:
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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary ... Singular; mispronunciation ... She found the constant mispronunciation of her name very annoying.
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I don't like the mispronunciation ''libary'' but ''Febuary'' sounds fine to me and that's how I pronounce it. The first ''r'' in ''February'' is pronounced mainly by pedants. ... Home: Forum: Best of 2004: Most annoying mispronunciation...
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There always seems to be a tacit assumption hovering in the background to journalistic interest in mispronunciations (see e.g. ... If not morally blameworthy (if you were a good and trustworthy person you would take the trouble to get things right), ... Some nonetheless buckle down and improve themselves by reading books,
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As far as I can see, only one of the five cited examples is actually a genuine mispronunciation -- "Anzar" for "Aznar" -- and this is a mistake that Bush apparently made in 2001!
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Re: Mispronunciation Pet Peeves? ... Nucular - Nuclear: I heard W make this mispronunciation in a recent speech. Axe - Ask ; Ecksetera - Etcetera ... Anyway, my mispronunciation is more a regionalism. I'm from the northern panhandle of West Virginia, but it's close enough to Pittsburgh, PA. (only about an hour) that I hear...
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