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There are several glitches with the L&H speech engines in different languages, some of which that cause them to pronounce words incorrectly. Following is a list of glitches that have been found. The speech engines in different languages also mispronounce some English words and more.


Word Mispronunciations (British accent)

  • Bashir, as in Al-Bashir of Battlefield 3: He/she says “Ba-shee”.
  • Computer’s: He/she says “Kahm-pyoo-terz”.
  • Damon: He/she says “Dah-mun”.
  • Evac: He/she says “Eh-vuck” because it is the short form of “evacuation”.
  • Farukh, as in Al-Bashir of Battlefield 3: He/she says “Fear-rook”.
  • Gary: He/she says “Gah-rie”.
  • Hargreave: He/she says “Har-grev”.
  • Ipsum: He/she says “Eye-psum”.
  • Isaac: He/she says “I-sock”.
  • Lingshan: He/she says “Ling-shun”.
  • Mare: He/she says “Mah-ray”.
  • Matkovic: He/she says “Mat-kuh-vick”.
  • Nolan: He/she says “Nah-lun”.
  • Pontar: He/she says “Pon-tuh”.
  • Pra: He/she says “Prah”.
  • Razorback: He/she says “Ruh-zo-back”.
  • Rege: He/she says “Rehj”.
  • Sador: He/she says “Sah-duhr”.
  • Ser: He/she says “Sayr”.
  • Spambot: He/she says “Spam-but”.
  • Spyware: He/she says “Speeware”.
  • TaeWong: He/she says “Tea-wong”.
  • Tanyon: He/she says “Tan-eye-yun”.
  • Weasley: He/she says “Wes-lee”.
  • YouTube: He/she says “Yowtube”.

Word Mispronunciations (American accent)

  • Bashir, as in Al-Bashir of Battlefield 3: He/she says “Ba-sirr”.
  • Begnion: He/she says “Bugnion”, but the walkthroughs by Omegakiller446 says “Beg-knee-on”.
  • Cbox: He/she says “C-box”.
  • CryNet: He/she says “Crinut”.
  • DéjàVu: He/she says “Dijavyoo” because it is an French word.
  • Dumbass: He/she says “Dum-buss”.
  • EoF: He/she says “E-of”.
  • Farukh: He/she says “Fay-ruck”.
  • Greenflies: He/she says “Green-flees”.
  • Greenfly: He/she says “Green-flee”.
  • Hanon: He/she says “Han-none”.
  • Helle: He/she says “Hell”.
  • Kirkwall: He/she says “Kirkell”.
  • MySpace: He/she says “Miss-puss”.
  • Salomon: He/she says “Salo-mon”.
  • SpaceBarName: He/she says “Spah-suh-bar-num”.
  • Spambot: He/she says “Spam-but”.
  • Varric as in Dragon Age 2: He/she says “Var-rick”.
  • Wasteman: He/she says “Waste-munn”.
  • Whoa: He/she says “Whoa-uh”.
  • Wiggenweld: He/she says “Wig-gen-wuld”.
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