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

[JeanieJ]

Cement, I've always... I do mean ALWAYS called it sea-mint. I didn't realize I said it wrong until my hubby started laughing at me everytime I said it.

[daryn]

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oreo,

I say koo-roash

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yeah this is one i recently thought of. in vegas i think i heard someone say his name and i was like, whoa..

i say kurr-oash

[rakemeplz]

I'd go with Koo-rosh easy enough.

Ive messed up chipotle pretty bad chip oat el...chip oat lah...kept having to order it at this restaurant I went to...I think the chefs were making fun of me there so I looked it up.

[Soh]

flea market - free market
dairy food - daily food

It's hard for Japanese people to distinguish between "l" & "r"

[tufat23]

i have no idea how to pronounce 'pwn'

[MagicNinja]

English teacher was from the UK. I'm Australian.

http://www.languagehat.com/archives/001730.php - some info i found.

"Traditionally, educated Australians have sanctioned only the "tray" pronunciation, regarding the alternative as clear evidence of illiteracy."

Looks like you learned something regardless, so when that old guy keeps saying trays you won't think he's retarded.

(I realize now that one is no more correct than the other btw).

[catalyst]

I'm from Mass.. so we pronounce plenty of words incorrectly. One I will note is probably (pronounced prob-lee), many others like this where we avoid one of the consonants. Many of the towns/cities in Mass are butchered also. The city of Worcester is pronounced "Woos-ter," Haverhill is pronounced "Haiv-rill" and so on. I'm sure others from around here have plenty of examples

[MrX]

until I was in my 20's I said "Snow White and the Seven Dorfs"

not even a 'w' in the word Dorf in my pronunciation. It still slips out sometimes.

[daryn]

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I'm from Mass.. so we pronounce plenty of words incorrectly. One I will note is probably (pronounced prob-lee), many others like this where we avoid one of the consonants. Many of the towns/cities in Mass are butchered also. The city of Worcester is pronounced "Woos-ter," Haverhill is pronounced "Haiv-rill" and so on. I'm sure others from around here have plenty of examples

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swampscott (SWAMP-skit)

peabody (PEE-buh-dee)

woburn (woobin)

billerica (burrICKa)

medford (MEH-fuh)

[daryn]

there's this pond where i live.. horn pond. everyone says it like hon pond. i had no idea it was actually horn pond until i saw it on a map when i was a kid.