Re: Words you pronounced wrong for a long time (or others do)
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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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I had this experience when reading the word "Chaos". In my head I pronounced it like it's spelled. "Cha (as in chared) os).
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