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5 MOST MISPRONOUNCED WORDS

  • Pranjal Jain
  • Oct 22, 2015
  • 1 min read

A poll by an audiobook company Audible has revealed the most commonly mispronounced names in literature, including a number of blockbuster films.

Lets have a look at what these words are.

1. DON- QUIXOTE

'Don-Key-Hoh-Tee' , not Don-Quicks-Oat (Don Quixote, Miguelde Cervantes Saavedra)

2. DAENERYS TARGARYEN

'Duh-Nair-Ris' 'Tar Gair-Ee-In' not 'Dee-Nay-Ris Targ-Ahh-Ruh-Yen (game of thrones)

3. OEDIPUS

'Ee-Di-Pus', not Oh-Eh-Di-Pus (Oedipus Rex, Sophocles)

'Her-My-Oh-Knee' not 'Her-Mee-Own' (The harry potter series)

5. BEOWULF

'Bay-Oh-Woolf', not 'Bee-Oh-Wulf' (Beowulf, Unknown Author)

 
 
 

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