What's mildly irritating you today?

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

And then you learn something horrifying about this hero of yours, this brilliant writer, who somehow has gotten this far in life pronouncing words like "jewel-er-y" and "draw-rings," and you can't help but feel disappointed at the tarnishing of a once great idol?

You're a smart cookie, Clod, so this question is probably redundant... But are you sure it's stupidity/ ignorance fuelling those mis-pronunciations?
In English English they are completely correct (although I was taught draw-ing not draw-ring).

I do know what you mean re authors not meeting expectations though.
It's horrible to watch interviews where they mawth and mumble when you only knew them from their wonderfully verbose creations.