Annual list of mispronounced words

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The 2024 list of most-mispronounced words is out. Each year, the language-learning company Babbel and closed-captioning company The Captioning Group track the pronunciation gaffes of politicians, news anchors and the like, and compiles a US and UK list. Host Marco Werman speaks to Esteban Touma, a Palestinian and Ecuadorean linguistic and cultural expert at Babbel.

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