Words you pronounced wrong for a long time (or others do)
 

Today in a business meeting someone used the word hyperbole in describing some situation. Except that he pronounced it "hyper-bowl."

When I was a kid, every time I read the word "awry" I pronounced it "aw-ree" in my head. Luckily, I never had occassion to actually use that word. One day while reading, for some random reason, my brain decided to pronounce it "a-rye" and a lightbulb went off in my head and I knew before going to the dictionary that that was how you pronounce it.

Your turn.

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When I was a kid, every time I read the word "awry" I pronounced it "aw-ree" in my head. Luckily, I never had occassion to actually use that word. One day while reading, for some random reason, my brain decided to pronounce it "a-rye" and a lightbulb went off in my head and I knew before going to the dictionary that that was how you pronounce it.

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It was the same thing for me with awry. Such a weird looking word when it's in print.

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Today in a business meeting someone used the word hyperbole in describing some situation. Except that he pronounced it "hyper-bowl.

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Damn, thats how i pronounce it. Though i never use the word, so luckily havent had it come up in actual conversation. Off to the dictionary for me i think.

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Colonel - I would assume this one is pretty common

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Not a word but a name:
Richard Feynman (I pronounced it Fayn-man, it's Fine-man)

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Mishap. I pronounced it like "bishop" until I was nine.

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jaffa,

Looks like this thread has already been valuable!

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pen - but i'm from tennessee, so it was more of a dialect thing

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when i was really young, iron was i'-run

also, behemoth was beh-heh-moth' (this was from playing sweet final fantasy 2 or 3)

i never did this, but a ton of people do:
supposedly = supposably

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No love for nookyular?