Thread: @?&®% Mispronunciations!
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Old 09-02-2021, 09:53 PM   #151
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Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy View Post
Perhaps it's different in Britain, but hearing Penelope Keith just now reading an Agatha raisin book pronouncing the crafting term "macrame" as Muh-KRAH-may (rather than MAC-ruh-may) was rather jolting!
I think you'll find that pronunciation is default in many "Commonwealth" variants of English, like Aus Eng and NZE for example
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