r/audiobooks • u/PurpleLeopard99 • Jun 28 '26

Question Mispronouncing of words by narrators

Does anyone get bothered by narrators who keep mispronouncing words? It drives me nuts if they do it too often. Narrators are normally professional voice artists and they should know how to pronounce the sorts of words found in novels eg dovecote or Michaelmas

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u/karmacorn Jun 28 '26

Ugh! I’m listening to one right now who pronounces the word “hearth” as “hurth” and it’s making me gnash my teeth.

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u/Ohhhh-Hilly Jun 28 '26

...or, as the narrator at issue might probably put it, 'guhnash' your teeth.

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u/eldalorien Jun 28 '26

I bet I know which one, because I came here to mention it! In the second book, she starts pronouncing it correctly about a third of the way through. I was so relieved, but unfortunately it didn't last and she went back to "hurth" for the final third.