My worst example was the word GIF pronounced like the peanut butter instead of properly as in Graphical. It’s worse because Amanda Montell was writing a linguistics book about the history of language and words.
Recent example was “eschew” which is pronounced Eh-shoo but the narrator said “Eskew” and it confused me so much I had to Google it to make sure I hadn’t been saying it wrong my whole life. What exmaples have you found?
I was listening to a book that took place in Wyoming, specifically Dubois, WY. I’m from near there, driven through a lot, know people that live there. I know how it’s pronounced. The narrator kept pronouncing it the French way which is incorrect and drove me so insane I had to stop listening. It would have taken all of 2 seconds to Google it.
I had a similar one with Concord, NH. I’m from there, and we pronounce it like “conquered” not like “Con-cord.” It irked me so much I had to turn it off.
I read a book that took place in Metro Detroit. The narrator did fine with the city name, but there were so many street or neighborhood names that she got wrong! I had to ditch the book.
Dequindre, Schoenherr, Lahser, etc