youre-saying-it-wrong-review

You’re Saying It Wrong: A Review

You're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--and Their Tangled Histories of MisuseYou’re standing at the podium, approaching the climax of your speech, when you say that word. For the first time. Out loud. Each and every one of us knows the exquisite anxiety of saying aloud a word you’ve only ever read silently to yourself. Thankfully, there’s a snappy little book out there to help take some of the agony out of public speaking: You’re Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words–and Their Tangled Histories of Misuse by Ross and Kathryn Petras. Continue reading