MISPRONUNCIATIONS
Sir-I have culled’ the following examples of mispronunciations from last week’s » Broadcasts, some alas, having occurred even in Educational sessions, while others are by staff announcers, politicians, and other supposedly educated persons. Irrevalent (irrelevant), Sekkertry (secretary),Mathmatics (mathematics), Liebry (library), Manunerfackchers (manufacturers), Ekkernomics (economics), Interlood (interlude), Febry (February), Noo Zillan (New Zealand), Honoble gentleman (Honourable Gentleman). The schools do not seem to be very successful in teaching simple English nowadays, and the general standard of grammar, spelling, and punctuation is deplorable, but surely we may expect something better than the above oyer the air. Is the cause ignorance, or just laziness? People who should know better are among the worst offenders. Could we not have more frequent talks ou pronunciation and grammar, such as were given in thé past by Professor Maxwell Walker, and more recently by Professor
Arnold Wall.-
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 338, 14 December 1945, Page 5
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142MISPRONUNCIATIONS New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 338, 14 December 1945, Page 5
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