mispronounce

Others tended to mispronounce his actual first name.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

We all stumble over and mispronounce words occasionally.

From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2024

The findings also suggest that when listening to children, adult listeners incorporate expectations of how children commonly mispronounce words, such as "weed" for "read."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023

“And the cheer for Musl— we cheer for Muslim athletes, like Kareem Al-J—Al-J— Abdul-Jabbar. I know him and I did mispronounce his name.”

From Washington Times ● May 3, 2023

It was a short list, but still I managed to mispronounce IBM and assign the wrong gender to both the floor waxer and the typewriter.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

He regularly stumbles over and mispronounces words in his public speeches.

From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2026

“POV: your friend mispronounces a word once and now it’s a national holiday. Happy #itsgonnabemay Day!,”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2024

For example, in the Sally Bundock video, the "presenter" mispronounces 15 as "fife-teen", as well as oddly pronouncing project as "pro-ject".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2023

It seems merely an irritating infraction, for instance, that Rose mispronounces Caroline’s name as Carolyn — until you notice Clarke wincing as if struck when it happens.

From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2021

The chairs in his study bear the logo from their alma mater, Yale, which Vic notes the family mispronounces as jail.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

During coverage of the Milan-Cortina Games last month, Liu’s first name was often mispronounced as “uh-LISS-uh” and her last name as either “LOO” or “LEE-ooh.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

The former governor repeatedly mispronounced Mr. Mamdani’s name during the campaign—enough so that his opposition made content out of it that went viral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025

The uniforms are generic camouflage ones easily bought online, while the Ukrainian words are heavily mispronounced and spoken with a strong Russian accent.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025

In response, I tirelessly corrected people who mispronounced my name or purposely tried to assign me another one.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2025

My brother and sisters would giggle at our mother’s mispronounced words.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Ms Hindmarch added that Celtic languages could sometimes be used sloppily, citing the blunder by Fourth Wing author Rebecca Yarros, where she was forced to apologise after using Scottish Gaelic names but mispronouncing them.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2025

Taiwan had such a low profile then that when I told people my family is from Taiwan, most just assumed I was mispronouncing Thailand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2024

He changed his surname in the 1970s, he said, because people kept mispronouncing it.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

Seemingly unrattled, Adams, a 23-year-old midfielder who was voted captain by his teammates, handled the questions, apologized for mispronouncing “Iran” and didn’t shy from discussing racial issues in America.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2022

“Could Trompita take over your job?” he asked, mispronouncing my brother’s nickname.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez