Responsa sur Les Psaumes 49:14

Those of our cantors who clearly do this¹⁸Lit. they assume this as ‘cleaned up and final’ are just demonstrating their usual arrogant and foolish ways¹⁹A play on the words from Psalms 49:14 – זֶ֣ה דַ֭רְכָּם כֵּ֣סֶל לָ֑מוֹ וְאַחֲרֵיהֶ֓ם ׀ בְּפִיהֶ֖ם יִרְצ֣וּ סֶֽלָה׃
Such is the fate of those who are self-confident, the end of those pleased with their own talk. Selah. to have their singing voices heard; they smash the Hebrew words into pieces, and one cannot understand properly what they are saying – just a voice with the mispronounced words.