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MISPRONUNCIATION:

incorrect = mis-pruh-noun-see-ey-shuh n, correct = miss-pruh-nuhn-see-ey-shuh n

OFTEN: incorrect = off-ten, correct = aw-fuh n

LIBRARY: incorrect = libe-ry, correct = lahy-brer ee

FAUX PAS: incorrect = fohx-pas correct = foh-pah

ALMOND: incorrect = al-muh-nd correct = ah-muh-nd

ET CETERA: incorrect = ex-set-er-uh correct = et-set-er-uh

GENRE: incorrect = jen-re correct = zhahn-ruh

FILM: incorrect = fill-um correct = film

BOUTIQUE: incorrect = boh-teek correct = boo-teek

CHAOS: incorrect = cha-os correct = key-os

DEBRIS: incorrect = day-brees correct = deb-ree

Mispronunciation

I think it is funny how OFTEN we are wrong, 
How we don’t speak the right way,
How words that are written throughout the LIBRARY, 
Aren’t the words that we say,

From FAUX PAS to ALMOND, to ET CETERA, 
GENRE, and FILM, and BOUTIQUE,
Commonly miss said, uttered all wrong, 
Razing the way that we speak,

I think it’s important we clean up this CHAOS, 
Our enunciation becomes understood,
And we clean away DEBRIS of mispronounced words, 
That we talk, you know… proper and good.

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Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

July 26, 2018 at 3:54 PM

A fun idear! ;p xomo

Line Gauthier

July 26, 2018 at 11:10 AM

A fun poem, Lewis. I love the irony of the misspellings, particularly "Commonly miss said" and "Razing the way". I especially love your last line "That we talk, you know… proper and good." Very sweet with a noble message.

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