Mispronounced words are driving me crazy.

I’m currently listening to a novella in a series that I love. The narrator for the series is a man, and he’s fantastic. The novella is from the perspective of a female side character and they’ve hired a different narrator. She mispronounces words and I’m so irritated that I’m tempted to download the book on my Kindle and read it instead.

The book takes place in Minnesota in winter, and the narrator says “parker” with a really hard “r” instead of parka. Over and over. Just one example. I know I’m being picky. It just takes me right out of the story, especially in the suspenseful moments. I feel a little better. Am I the only one that really needs the narrator to nail the pronunciation? I don’t mind accents, but this doesn’t feel like that. This feels more like when people say “lie-beary” instead of “library”.

I guess my frustration is that the writing and story are so good, I don’t want the narration to distract me. Ok, my petty rant is over.