Thread: @?&®% Mispronunciations!
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Old 04-30-2017, 05:52 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967 View Post
Really? Words should be deliberately mispronounced to pander to people who don't know better? That's just wrong.

How, for example, did you discover the correct pronunciation of Bujold? Presumably by hearing somebody pronounce it correctly. And yet you would deny others the opportunity to learn
I believe conveying info is more important. But you are welcome to confuse hotel clerks and other people you meet by using the "correct" pronunciation.

Me, when I first heard the word Maori spoken aloud I listened to it twice and I still had to pause and try to figure out what they had said.

The mispronounced word would have been a lot easier to understand.
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