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On poverty and pronunciation in academia

Oh.

Why I never mock or even bring attention to mispronunciation in a conversation, and will snap down anyone who tries to

Besides poverty, for many peoplevEnglish is a second (or third+) language and has weird rules too.

Most of the time, even when words are mispronounced, they’re still understandable if you make an effort. Just be patient and don’t look down on people who mispronounce!

Thisss. Nothing to that will make me go ‘OK, I’ll just not talk, then’ as people finding mispronounciations hi-la-ri-ous. I can usually shrug it off, but when I’m tired it’s like a bucket of ice water.