Direct effects include repetition of syllables, mispronunciations, omissions, and omitted word endings. They also criticized the voice acting as uneven and rife with mispronunciations. This was evident from his mispronunciations of script on cue cards. Many viewed him as the master of mispronunciations. He calls the art "mediocre" and also criticizes the poor English dub mispronunciations. Many of the stations saw an initial negative reaction primarily due to many mispronunciations. Ducovny dropped the silent "h" in his last name to avoid its mispronunciations.