In "A Wodehouse Miscellany," P.G. Wodehouse observes that many songwriters have poor pronunciation. He criticizes their tendency to manipulate words to create rhymes that don’t actually sound right. For instance, they might rhyme "home" with "alone," which highlights the absurdity of how they stretch language in their quest for lyrical harmony.

Wodehouse points out the irony of these lyricists being unapologetic about their questionable pronunciation. Despite rhyming words that sound dissimilar, they present their work with confidence, even in front of their children, showing a lack of shame about their creative liberties with language.