Kathryn and Ross Petras on word usage and pronunciation

Published: May 31, 2023, 4:47 a.m.

Have you ever wondered about the correct pronunciation of a word you use all the time. Are there words that you think you\u2019re hearing people mispronounce or misuse all the time? In this installment of \u201cLeonard Lopate at Large\u201d on WBAI, Kathryn and Ross Petras, authors of their New York Times bestseller \u201cYou're Saying It Wrong: A Pronunciation Guide to the 150 Most Commonly Mispronounced Words--and Their Tangled Histories of Misuse\u201d and \u201cThat Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means: The 150 Most Commonly Misused Words and Their Tangled Histories\u201d take your questions about this crazy thing we call the English language.