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. ❋ Peter Bradshaw (2011)
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 (2011)
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”). ❋ Unknown (2009)
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 (2011)
Jacob Zuma … well, no shining endorsement there, the man mispronounces “divisive”. ❋ Unknown (2009)
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? ❋ Unknown (2011)
My bet is they will sit around watching his speeches, taking a swig every time he mispronounces the word “nuclear” ❋ Unknown (2010)
My surname was always being mispronounced when I lived in the UK, and when I came to Poland, lo and behold, everyone mispronounces my surname the exact same way! ❋ Unknown (2010)
If Driscoll's criticism of Narcissus (anyone else note that the image he uses in his presentation is Caravaggio's painting from the Wikipedia page for Narcissus, or that he mispronounces "Narcissus" as "Narsus"?) is noble -- and it's easy to agree that altruism is a goal to pursue -- his approach to arguing his point is disgraceful. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In fact, he admits he still occasionally mispronounces their names on television. ❋ Unknown (2010)
W knows how to pronounce nuclear, but he mispronounces it on purpose in order to relate to the less educated. ❋ Unknown (2008)
To be fair, Obama consistently mispronounces "divisive." ❋ Unknown (2009)
Jake Gittes (LA power broker Noah Cross, deliciously played by the late Oscar-winning director John Huston, who uttered the touchstone line above, carelessly mispronounces the detective's name throughout the film) is much smarter than most people. ❋ Unknown (2009)
It doesn't matter to me whether or not my president mispronounces a company's name. ❋ Unknown (2009)
In spite of her inability to articulate any policy idea with clarity or even common sense, as long as she smiles and remains easygoing in her delivery, even as she mutters and mispronounces words, she has the potential to be effective. ❋ Unknown (2009)
