Ever had a decent audiobook ruined by a narrator who refuses to check on how things should be pronounced? The narrator of the book I’m currently listening to persistently mispronounces the name McMahon - and this is a person referred to several times per chapter - and it’s driving me nuts. I find myself yelling the correct pronunciation every time she says the name.
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@adhdeanasl That's emcee em ey HON, right?
@adhdeanasl Did you ever watch The Thorn Birds? I remember it as a big, expensive mini-series in the 80s.
Anyway, in that show the folks talk about 'Drogheda' (a place in Ireland about 90 […]
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@adhdeanasl How can anyone screw that up? It's a common name. I often run across narrators who can't pronounce scientific terms, chemicals, biological terms, stuff like that. Irritating that […]
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Omg, you just triggered me.
Any book based in New England is bound to give me headaches if […]
@adhdeanasl I have a couple of books that will never be finished because of this.
@adhdeanasl Oh hell yes and have stopped listening and left a hella review as well. I mean it's literally their freaking job to get that right.
@adhdeanasl I once dnf because the narrator to unnecessarily long pauses when speaking. My ADHD could NOT with him.
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