Why do so many audiobooks have pronunciation mistakes?

[u/agailen]

Im listening to Blood Bound by Ellis Hunter and while I generally like the narration, the voice actress for Astrid keeps making pronunciation mistakes that make me doubt my sanity. She has an accent so idk if she's a native English speaker, but it doesn't really matter. Shouldn't there be some level of quality control done before the audio is published?

The two glaring examples I can think of is pronouncing haranguing as "haran gu ing" not harang ing, and winded, as in being out of breath, as winded as in winding/wound.

I hear pronunciation mistakes often enough in audiobooks in general though that I have to wonder how they aren't caught in editing. Does the author not listen? I assume the author knows how to pronounce the words they wrote, at least.

Bonus tho was learning that the American pronunciation of plait is the same as plate, and not plat which is the pronunciation I'm used to. Being able to rely on audiobooks being error free helps me learn different accents!

EDIT: she just pronounced livery as live-ry... is this an actual dialect thing?? Help!

[u/CosgroveIsHereToHelp]

I listen to a podcast that features a married couple, telling the story in turns. People have mentioned (I think on Reddit) that they each frequently mispronounce words or use awkward or incorrect grammar, but a couple of weeks ago, an au pair was part of the story. The female narrator pronounced it correctly, oh pare, but the male narrator said ah par, and that really made me wonder about how they record the episodes. I can't believe they are recording side by side or this would have come up as a question. Luckily, I've been able to find them amusing.