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

[Paul B.]

Falafel

[econophile]

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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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If we're going with names, then my personal pet peeve is Keynes.

[Slow Play Ray]

not quite the same, but somewhat similar:

for the longest time - until i was about 15 - i thought there was a word "brotued" (sp?) that meant "sponsored" because at the end of television shows they used to say "brought to you by." when it finally dawned on me what they were actually saying, i was in total shock at my own stupidity.

[bdohaney]

Necromancer

[Pudge714]

I used to say melk instead of milk.

[Paul B.]

Warthog

[milliondollaz]

Spalding (sports equipment) - thought it was spade-ling for a looong time.

c'mon - thought it was see-mon

bass (the fish) - thought it was base

cavalry - read it as calvary

vice versa - still don't know if it's vice (like ice with a v) versa or vice-a-versa

[private joker]

When I was younger I would see "minutiae" and pronounce it "min-yoo-TAY" in my head. Luckily I heard people say "min-oo-sha" and looked up that word, I put 2 and 2 together.

[cardsharkk04]

I know its a word, not a company but...

I pronounced hyundai high-un-die for a long time

[Coffee]

I would like to point out that "aw-ree" is still correct if El D turns out to be Jamaican...which would also explain the confusion.

Oh...and mine was "ridiculous"...my Ls were Ws when I was younger.