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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
mispronounce .
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Examples
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Ariane Lebed plays Marina, a 23-year-old virgin with a fascination for British TV, including Monty Python and David Attenborough the title mispronounces his name.
The Guardian World News Peter Bradshaw 2011
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While I am certainly no Yiddish maven, I know enough words and phrases to know that when someone mispronounces a Yiddish word it hurts my ears.
Rabbi Jason Miller: Michele Bachmann's Choot-spa Moment Rabbi Jason Miller 2011
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While I am certainly no Yiddish maven, I know enough words and phrases to know that when someone mispronounces a Yiddish word it hurts my ears.
Rabbi Jason Miller: Michele Bachmann's Choot-spa Moment Rabbi Jason Miller 2011
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While I am certainly no Yiddish maven, I know enough words and phrases to know that when someone mispronounces a Yiddish word it hurts my ears.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rabbi Jason Miller 2011
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In particular, the voice of the Kindle mispronounces two important words that show up often in the pages of newspapers: “Barack” (the device rhymes it with “black”) and “Obama” (sounds like “Alabama”).
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All of the biggest stars from screens both big and small are paraded down a red carpet and forced to discuss their starvation diets and tampon-sized purses while Ryan Seacrest mispronounces their spouses' names.
Una LaMarche: WATCH: Golden Globes 2011 Live Blog & Streaming Updates Una LaMarche 2011
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Jacob Zuma … well, no shining endorsement there, the man mispronounces “divisive”.
Global Voices in English » South Africa: Yet Another Jacob Zuma Fiasco… 2009
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All of the biggest stars from screens both big and small are paraded down a red carpet and forced to discuss their starvation diets and tampon-sized purses while Ryan Seacrest mispronounces their spouses' names.
Una LaMarche: WATCH: Golden Globes 2011 Live Blog & Streaming Updates Una LaMarche 2011
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There's a possessive Japanese mother character whose only comic tic is that she mispronounces her "l"s and "r"s look, I don't want to sound like the bloody Guardian, but isn't that just, you know, a bit lacist?
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My bet is they will sit around watching his speeches, taking a swig every time he mispronounces the word “nuclear”
Think Progress » College Republicans create ‘W’ Day to honor Bush. 2010
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