And we’d laugh ourselves dry — because not only did he become a thief, but he’d

mispronounce

the word.

When scientists first started researching cryptophasic kids, they too were disappointed to discover that kids mostly just mispronounced words or made inside references.

Considering that most contestants over-enunciate each word when solving, it’s puzzling (pardon the pun) that she would blatantly

mispronounce

it.

You’ll encounter a similar code of icy silence from pizzeria countermen here if you

mispronounce

“parmigiana” while ordering a meatball hero.

Soldiers lowered coffins into the long ditches, and an official with a bullhorn called out the names of the dead, apologizing when he mispronounced one.

I mispronounced the name of your town, if you can correct me.

This one gained popularity when an announcer mispronounced his last name.

He always mispronounced and misused words.

Funny you talk about holding people accountable for small things and that they are ignorant for mispronouncing a word, yet you use the wrong form of “to” in your response.

This is important because the underlying representation of both mispronounced and correctly pronounced words is unclear.

The child’s task was to judge the puppet’s pronunciation as “right” or “not right” and to help the puppet by saying mispronounced words the right way.

In contrast, those exposed to greater accent variability through their parents’ speech performed similarly for both correctly pronounced and mispronounced words, showing greater tolerance for mispronunciations.

In addition, even though learners do not always

mispronounce

sounds that are difficult, a system that can identify frequent errors could be very useful for learners and teachers.