mispronouncers

Updated: December 6, 2024

But the glib many, the perky mispronouncers of titles and of authors' names, the twanging murderers of rhythm, the maulers of the uncut edge at sixpence extra, the ready-reckoners of bibliopolic discount am I to see in these a witness of my hope for the century to come? I am told that their semi-education will be integrated.

George Gissing - The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft