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Pronunciation

Richard and Martha discuss some of the most common mispronunciations in the English language.

Pronunciation

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If there’s one language pet peeve that grates on people’s nerves more than anything else, it’s the mispronunciation of words. In fact, pronunciation authorities can’t even agree on the correct way to say orthoepist—which means “an authority on pronunciation”! Richard and Martha will expose some of the worst offenses in spoken English.

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