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Saying it wrong on purpose
William Mossner
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2008/06/22 - 4:21pm
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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."

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2008/06/23 - 1:12pm
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My grandfather used to say “He put the em-PHA-sis on the wrong syl-LAB-ble.”

Martha Barnette
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2008/06/26 - 11:12am
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They sound like the EP-i-tome of good pronunciation!

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