Mispronounce Quotes

“Being articulate is no guarantee of intelligence,” Zoe said. “I’m not doubting the value of education. I’m doubting its reach. Highly educated politicians still do stupid things. Anthony Weiner was educated; Mugabi was educated; Assad was educated; Mussolini was educated. For all their education, look at them.”
― Michael Benzehabe

“Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.”
― Anonymous

“She squinted at his nametag. Her eyes weren't quite working. "What's your name?"

"Stig."

"Stick?" she asked, half ready to believe it.

He shook his head and pointed his long index finger at the name stitched on his uniform. "S-T-I-G. Stig."

Harriet's breath caught. "I can't believe it. I've been looking for you.”
― Kimberly Karalius, Pocket Forest

“Rules for navigating the net,
Or people will roll their eye
Lest you can't roll the R rect:
Literally, don´t dink and dive!”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, ACross Tic

“Stop mispronouncing your misunderstandings as my mistakes”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“My mother can hold her own where foreign words are involved. The simple duo-syllable 'croissant' comes out variously as 'craw-sank', 'crass-ant', or 'crah-sint', the word seeming to have no business being in her mouth and getting spat out as quickly as possible like a bad oyster.”
― John Niven, O Brother