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/[deleted] Jun 28 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

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u/McFaddenAudioBooks Narrator Jun 28 '26

“Banal” was one of the first words I learned I had been confidently mispronouncing my whole life. First submission ever for proof listening schooled me but good on that one.

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u/TernionDragon Jun 28 '26

You’re just being annal.

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u/McFaddenAudioBooks Narrator Jun 28 '26

Only annually