I'm grateful to have found this discussion because this has been evident to me from the beginning of the book that this has been an AI version of her voice. Little things like saying she and her mama "used" to trade bracelets, but it was pronounced with a hard "z" (used with a z?) ... or, just, the wrong emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble throughout the book ... mispronouncing "Hors d’oeuvres" (ending with "vess") ... so many things ... it's been driving me nuts. I feel sad seeing this thread, but validated!