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Pronunciation has made many an innocent word sound like a doctor's orders for a stomach pump ... -- Zelda Fitzgerald
Company names without clear pronunciation or spelling won't last. -- David Rusenko
For example, in Malay, there are pronunciations that are similar to Chinese. -- Andy Lau
He said "cool" like I say a Spanish word when I'm not sure of the pronunciation. -- Kelley Armstrong
Demosthenes overcame and rendered more distinct his inarticulate and stammering pronunciation by speaking with pebbles in his mouth. -- Plutarch
At acting school people didn't speak like me. It was all received pronunciation - 'ow now brown cow.' -- Ray Winstone
Language is more fashion than science, and matters of usage, spelling and pronunciation tend to wander around like hemlines. -- Bill Bryson
I think my style as far as vocal delivery and even down to the pronunciation of certain words is so deliberate. -- Miguel
My uncle is from Argentina, so I grew up hearing Spanish. My Spanish isn't very good, but my pronunciation isn't terrible. -- Moby
I have to admit that I don't even try to speak Russian, though I understand it perfectly. I wouldn't want to insult the language by testing out my pronunciations -- Lana Wood
Yiddish has a down-to-earth quality that makes it remote from high-flown rhetoric, and it has a catch-as-catch-can charm derived from its stunning variety-of syntax, spelling, pronunciation, and vocabulary-from region to region. -- Israel Shenker
Many words are in a state of mutation, the pronunciation being unsettled even in the best society, a result that must often arise where language is as variable and undetermined as the English. -- James F. Cooper
Punctuation is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses which the sense, and an accurate pronunciation require. -- Lindley Murray
Growing up on the border there, we were always frustrated with people's pronunciations of towns in Michigan, and people mispronouncing Illinois. There are all these Native American words that no one really knows how to pronounce. -- Sufjan Stevens
After using four different languages on an album, it's tough to decide which one I'm gonna actually learn to speak. I always study the lyric, make sure I know what I'm singing, and try to get the pronunciation as perfect as possible. -- Josh Groban
Command of English, spoken or written, ranks at the top in business. Our main product is words, so a knowledge of their meaning and spelling and pronunciation is imperative. If a man knows the language well, he can find out about all else. -- William Feather
FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this word with the i long and the accent on the first syllable is one of America's most precious discoveries and possessions. -- Ambrose Bierce
They have a lot of trouble with pronunciation, because they can't move their jaw muscles, because of malnutrition caused by wisely refusing to eat English food, much of which was designed and manufactured in medieval times during the reign of King Walter the Mildly Disturbed. -- Dave Barry
If I stop being on good behaviour for a moment, my dark little secret is that I don't actually believe many people in the art world have much feeling for art and simply cannot tell a good artist from a weak one, until the artist has enjoyed the validation of others - a received pronunciation. -- Charles Saatchi
Truly fine poetry must be read aloud. A good poem does not allow itself to be read in a low voice or silently. If we can read it silently, it is not a valid poem: a poem demands pronunciation. Poetry always remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art. It remembers that it was first song. -- Jorge Luis Borges
There is an old Italian proverb about the nature of translation: "Traddutore, traditore!" This means simply, "Translators-traitors!" Of course, as you can see, something is lost in the translation of this pithy expression: there is great similarity in both the spelling and the pronunciation of the original saying, but these get diluted once they are put in English dress. Even the translation of this proverb illustrates its truth! -- Daniel Wallace
Art is the body's pronunciation of the soul. -- Michael Gungor
The mere pronunciation of the word luxurious feels lush, luxuriant. -- Lady G
I have good pronunciation no matter what language I speak. Maybe it's because my specialties are rapping and imitating others -- G-Dragon
I work with my acting coach to help me get into character and do pronunciation drills and tongue twisters to help me deliver lines. -- Quvenzhane Wallis
I think the first time I was ever really conscious of the difference between people's voices was that my mother's voice was so soft and gentle and her pronunciation was so perfect. -- Marian Seldes
There's always an added element of a poem when it's read aloud because then you can really hear the rhythm, and the cadence, and even the pronunciation sometimes adds another layer to the poem. -- Masiela Lusha

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