A mispronunciation of a scientific word can change the whole outcome of an experiment. From LearnThat.org.
Shakespeare, he regards as an author whose English ought to be corrected; and he became furious over what he called the mispronunciation of "apotheosis," which he said. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of a Book-Lover] Reference
Supposedly the French enjoyed this native form of music and had it performed often at weddings - thus the word was rumored to be a mispronunciation of the French word "mariage.". From Wordnik.com. [A new generation embraces centuries-old music of Mexico] Reference
But a mispronunciation is a sign of stupidity. From Wordnik.com. [Not Much To Post On Lately Except The Final Conflict] Reference
Southern hospitality meets serious mispronunciation!. From Wordnik.com. [Hail, Hailoween!] Reference
Cyclops, by a mispronunciation they called him Cocles. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans] Reference
Many cuts were made to accommodate my mispronunciation. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
NEJAME: JonBenet -- I apologize for the mispronunciation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2008] Reference
He tried to say it once, but laughed at his mispronunciation. From Wordnik.com. [Tim Giago: The Revival of the Lakota Language] Reference
Another charming mispronunciation of her name, how delightful. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
Hope that clears up any embarrassing mispronunciation moments!. From Wordnik.com. [BSNYC Fiday Frun Quiz!] Reference
It was probably a simple piece of mispronunciation from Mr Cameron. From Wordnik.com. [Nick Clegg's prickly past and Alastair Stewart's command performance] Reference
WATERS: All right, Mr. Dickinson, I'm sorry about the mispronunciation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: All 109 Aboard Dead in Concorde Crash into Hotel Near Paris; 4 On Ground Dead - July 25, 2000] Reference
Is the mispronunciation of the name something that happens often by people?. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America] Reference
"Yes," she said, her smile nice, patiently passing over the mispronunciation. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
Carolina Cayazzo -- excuse me, Caroline, I apologize for the mispronunciation there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 7, 2002] Reference
Clearly this child is not to be faulted for her mispronunciation of sparkling wiggles. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
Times, where it appeared in a correction that apologized for a previous mispronunciation. From Wordnik.com. [Goodbye, cruel words: English. It's dead to me.] Reference
His often unconventional syntax and mispronunciation only serve to endear him to us more. From Wordnik.com. [The Irish General Election] Reference
I thought it was just a mispronunciation, but when I looked up, there it was, in big letters on the screen. From Wordnik.com. [Carbage In, Carbage Out] Reference
And whom they ridiculed habitually for the mispronunciation of words, and for accents unmistakably provincial. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
As Kaplan (1990) has argued, a word can suffer extreme mispronunciation and still be (a token of) the same word. From Wordnik.com. [Types and Tokens] Reference
I still haven't decided whether I am glad Obama didn't correct McCain's mispronunciation of Ahk-ahk-ahkmadinejad. From Wordnik.com. [What McCain Didn't Do At The Debate: Force A Sarah Palin Moment] Reference
The floor of the lobby bar shone blue (echoing the canonical mispronunciation of the hotel's name, Fountain-Blue). From Wordnik.com. [New York Eateries Hit the Beach] Reference
Oregon should qualify high on the list on its own merits, but then lose ground for lending itself so well to mispronunciation. From Wordnik.com. [Of the war... it lies red....] Reference
The false form drove out the more correct, probably through a mispronunciation, based on a wrong derivation, at some date long ago. From Wordnik.com. [Anabasis] Reference
The other's Anglic was flawless; the musical overtone which his low voice gave sounded not like a mispronunciation but a perfection. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
Via the Windy Citizen comes this mispronunciation gaffe from a Weather Channel anchor covering the White Sox opening day delay April 6. From Wordnik.com. [Weather Channel Anchor Gaffe: 'Chicago White C*cks' (WATCH)] Reference
Africa, ventured the guess that "Barbarossa" was simply a mispronunciation of Bábá Arouj, and the supposition has been widely accepted. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Letting pass his mispronunciation of my candidate's first name, I asked him what he thought about the current U.S. Presidential election. From Wordnik.com. [Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News] Reference
KING: With the Supreme Court and the mispronunciation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2009] Reference
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