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mispronunciation [ˌmɪsprəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən] N

mispronunciation

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Its name is said to have derived from a mispronunciation of the word "flush" during a 19th century poker game played in the community. en.wikipedia.org

The name is correctly pronounced ree-guh, not the more common mispronunciation of ray-guy. en.wikipedia.org

A teacher's mispronunciation led to a name change. www.history.com

A common mispronunciation is, which is homophonous with the word saline, but this is incorrect. en.wikipedia.org

They also criticized the voice acting as uneven and rife with mispronunciations. en.wikipedia.org

His mispronunciation of certain words was ridiculed in the media and in popular culture. en.wikipedia.org

In the context of a familiar word, listeners often ignored the mispronunciation altogether (a phenomenon later explored by researchers in the field of cognitive science). en.wikipedia.org

Journalists may make a politicized editorial decision by choosing to differentially retain (or even create) misspellings, mispronunciations, ungrammaticisms, dialect variants, or interjections. en.wikipedia.org

This notation was reformed during the 18th century, though proper names retain the former convention, which leads to occasional mispronunciation. en.wikipedia.org

The word whiskey itself is simply an anglicized version of this phrase, stemming from a mispronunciation of the word "uisce". en.wikipedia.org

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