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"If you want to draw attention to yourself around here, anywhere around here, just use the wrong pronunciation".
As for the rest of you: is there a word you had mentally recorded with the wrong pronunciation for an embarrassingly long time?
In Greek language, there can be no wrong pronunciation if you know how to pronounce the individual letters correctly: each Greek letter has one and only one pronunciation, except for some limited combinations of letters who are paired (see below) and give a different pronunciation.
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Let the incorrect pronunciations stand?
I still don't say "Syriza" or "President Abe" in polite company in case I get the pronunciation wrong.
Don't get the pronunciation wrong though.
Most people think that they can sing Japanese songs if they can sing English and that's wrong because the pronunciation is very different.
The last part of Limoges is usually the part people get wrong because the French pronunciation is different from the typical English pronunciation that you'd use after seeing how the word is spelled.
"I find I put a foot wrong - it could be pronunciation, an arcane bit of English history - and suddenly I'm there naked, as someone with a pass, a press ticket".
But the pronunciation was all wrong, and I was probably saying, you know, 'The fishmonger is an idiot and ought to be hanged' or something".
There's no difference in pronunciation, but using the wrong one when writing is a mistake in the everyday English you use every day.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com