Data: (Doctor Pulaski has just mispronounced his name) Data.
Pulaski: What?
Data: My name. It is pronounced "Dayta". You called me "Dahta".
Pulaski: What's the difference?
Data: One is my name. The other is not.
SF Debris: And really, if you were to say the ship was called the "USS Enterprisay" and the ship computer corrected you, would you start arguing with it? Even if you do not see Data as a person but as a machine, do you think the machine does not know what its own name is?"
Pulaski: What?
Data: My name. It is pronounced "Dayta". You called me "Dahta".
Pulaski: What's the difference?
Data: One is my name. The other is not.
SF Debris: And really, if you were to say the ship was called the "USS Enterprisay" and the ship computer corrected you, would you start arguing with it? Even if you do not see Data as a person but as a machine, do you think the machine does not know what its own name is?"
— SF Debris review of the the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Child"
Rimmer: You always put the emphasis on "Rim" in "Rimmer". Makes me sound like a lavatory disinfectant.
Lister: Well, what do you want me to call you? "Rim-MAIR"?
Lister: Well, what do you want me to call you? "Rim-MAIR"?
—Red Dwarf, "Kryten"
"I have observed that, while most Common Lisp users pronounce macrolet to rhyme with 'silhouette,' a small but vocal minority pronounce it to rhyme with 'Chevrolet.' A very few extremists furthermore adjust their pronunciation of flet similarly: they say 'flay.' Hey, hey! Trés outré."
— Common LISP: The Language by Guy L. Steele
Zapp Brannigan: These would be great with gwack-a-mole!
Lrrr: Stop eating our young! And it's pronounced "gwahck-a-mo-lee'!
— Futurama
Rona: Returning after last season's tragic setback, William Barfee!
Barfee: It's pronounced Bar-FAY. There's an accent ague.
Mr. Krabs: Are you on some new allergy medication, boy?
SpongeBob: No, sir. Just practicing my karate, sir. Or kah-rah-tay, as some call it.
Mr. Krabs: Kah-rah-tay? You should be making me money-ay, with your spatul-ay! Now get back to work!
SpongeBob: Aye-aye, capi-tay!
—SpongeBob SquarePants, "Karate Choppers"
Pintel: I don't think it's "Kraken" anyways, always heard it said "kray-kin".
Ragetti: What? with a long A? Na-na-na-na-no-no no, "kroh-ken"'s how it's pronounced in the original Scandinavian, and "Kraken"'s closer to that.
Pintel: Well we ain't original Scandinavians, are we? "Kray-kin".
Ragetti: It's a mythological creature, I can calls it what I wants!
OGiNiM: So, about that character you created... “TEAR-in”...
Nimja (smiles): Repeat after me. “Tah-ran.”
OGiNiM: ...I’m sorry?
Nimja (patiently): “Tah-ran.”
OGiNiM: Tah-rahn?
Nimja: No. “Tah-ran.”
OGiNiM: As in the first syllable of “random”?
Nimja: Yes.
OGiNiM: Then why didn’t you just say that in the story, silly Mijnheer? Without a pronunciation guide everything confuses me!
Nimja: As English tends to do.
Far away from Sylvania, scholars of the Reikland have only ever seen the name [Von Carstein] written down, and there is some confusion amongst them about the exact pronunciation. For the family itself, there is no confusion whatsoever: the a is short as in "cart", the r is slightly rolled, the s has a hint of the Kislevian zh, and the last syllable rhymes with “wine.” This is a matter of deep family pride, and it is not unknown for Von Carsteins to flay the tongues of those who make the last syllable rhyme with "seen".
—Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Night's Dark Masters - A Guide To Vampires
To avoid horrible confusion, please pronounce the g in the word "GNU" when it is the name of this project.
—Richard Stallman, "The GNU Manifesto"
"My name's Mira. It was the name you gave me, and I couldn't love it more. Some pronounce it 'Mee-rah,' while others prefer to call me 'My-rah. Personally, I like the sound of both!"
— Mira, Offspring
Mokuba: So we're going with the KaibaCorp "Grand Pricks".
Joey: You're a grand prick!
Yugi: I think it's pronounced "Grand Prix".
Joey: You're a grand prick!
Mokuba: Roland was very insistent that it would lose something if we went with the original pronunciation.
— Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series, "A Grand Day In"
"It's pronounced 'GUN-TARR'!"
— WALTER, as GUNTHER
Mr. Johnson: Look, Mr. Twat-
Richie: It's pronounced 'THWAITE'!
Mr. Johnson: Well, it's spelled Twat! T-W-A-T, TWAT!
Sofia: Mr. Ceedric!
Cedric: It's "Ceh-dric".
Cedric: It's "Ceh-dric".
Scratch: Ooh, a "Bat" Mitzvah!
Molly: Uh, I think it's pronounced "Baht Mitzvah".
Molly: Uh, I think it's pronounced "Baht Mitzvah".
— The Ghost and Molly McGee, "Mazel Tov, Libby!"
Fozzie: Dominic...Badguy?
Dominic: It's pronounced "bad-gee". It's French.
Dominic: It's pronounced "bad-gee". It's French.
Toot: So, uh, what seems to be the problem, Officer... Sexy?
Officer: It's pronounced: Officer "Seeks-eeh".
— Re-imagining of Drawn Together's "Freaks & Greeks"
of Drawn Together's "Freaks & Greeks"