When I was in twelfth grade, I realized one day that I had been pronouncing the word שמו ( in the שיר של יום ליום רביעי) as “Shemo”, when the word is actually “Samo”.
Also it was many years before I properly understood the importance of two “subtle” points of Dikduk:
1. The difference between Sheva Na and Sheva Nach, and
2. The difference between Mil’eil and Mil’ra
each of which dramatically changes the meaning of many words.
@Joseph,
What a ridiculous thing to say. Fortunately, you are as wrong as you are inconsiderate. I have actually discussed this with leading Poskim, and their unanimous consensus has been that every good faith attempt at Tefila is a fulfillment of the Mitzvah/Chiyuv, and is accepted, regardless of mispronunciations.
I’m not sure the same is true of the Tefilos of one who violates ולא תונו איש את עמיתו.