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Verb(1) pronounce a word incorrectly

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(1) Many people mispronounce her last name, which is properly pronounced COG-lin.(2) How powerful do you have to be to mispronounce your own name and not have anyone tell you?(3) And, last but not least, she does not, like most people, mispronounce the word joust.(4) I've always had a tendency to trip over words or mispronounce things that I can say perfectly well in my head.(5) The other day I heard a government minister mispronounce a word.(6) Besides, people mispronounce my name all the time.(7) So don't laugh at someone who mispronounces words until you know a bit more about their origins, not only regional (a point that Mark makes) but also with respect to class and family educational level.(8) The Esmonde's named the castle after a place called Hunnington in Lincolnshire from which the Esmondes originally came and the name ├ö├ç├┐Huntington├ö├ç├û came as a mispronunciation .(9) I liked her best when she was mispronouncing French terms.(10) Words are mispronounced , accents are horribly wrong, and the acting is no more convincing than an elementary school play put on at Christmas by Grade 4 kids.(11) As often as not, the journalist mispronounces the name of the religious group he or she is covering.(12) Finally I heard a woman saying my name, mispronouncing it a little.(13) He was corrected on the newsgroup, and when I queried him about the word he replied that he had ├ö├ç├┐been mispronouncing the word for eons├ö├ç├û.(14) The latest new trend in pop - mispronouncing the names of bands - must stop immediately(15) He mispronounced several words and phrases and even Republican spin doctors privately concede he was not at his best.(16) Correct your child every time she mispronounces a word.