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Saying it wrong on purpose

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4:21PM
Jun-22-08


William Mossner

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The best example I ever heard of intentionally saying it wrong was by an instructor who was correcting someone else when he said, “You put the accent on the wrong sylLABble.”

1:12PM
Jun-23-08


Ken Mohnkern

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My grandfather used to say “He put the em-PHA-sis on the wrong syl-LAB-ble.”

11:12AM
Jun-26-08


martha

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They sound like the EP-i-tome of good pronunciation!
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