mispronunciation
noun
mis·pro·nun·ci·a·tion
ˌmis-prə-ˌnən(t)-sē-ˈā-shən 
also -ˌnau̇n(t)-
: the act or an instance of mispronouncing
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Recently, a ruling had viewers riled up over the mispronunciation of an answer.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2024
Lily Yohannes did not want her father’s mispronunciation of the viral TikTok dance popularized by Allen Davis mentioned in this story.
—Tamerra Griffin, The Athletic, 3 Apr. 2024
But once up on stage, her reasonable-sounding language was replaced by the consistent mispronunciation of Kamala Harris's first name and exaggerations of the scale of recent Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) layoffs at their factory in nearby Warren, Michigan.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Audible says both the narrators and authors will have control over which projects their AI voices are used for and that final narrations will be reviewed as part of ACX’s production process to check for mispronunciations or other errors.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2024
Lily Yohannes did not want her father’s mispronunciation of the viral TikTok dance popularized by Allen Davis mentioned in this story.
—Tamerra Griffin, The Athletic, 3 Apr. 2024
But once up on stage, her reasonable-sounding language was replaced by the consistent mispronunciation of Kamala Harris's first name and exaggerations of the scale of recent Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) layoffs at their factory in nearby Warren, Michigan.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Audible says both the narrators and authors will have control over which projects their AI voices are used for and that final narrations will be reviewed as part of ACX’s production process to check for mispronunciations or other errors.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
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“Mispronunciation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mispronunciation. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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mispronunciation
noun
mis·pro·nun·ci·a·tion
ˌmis-prə-ˌnən(t)-sē-ˈā-shən
: an act or an instance of mispronouncing
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