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

[Borodog]

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until I was in college, I pronounced afficianado as 'african-on-dough'. I think I saw a big word, and just took a shot in the dark.

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This reminds me of a teacher I had in high school. The woman seriously could not read words longer than two syllables, and she would just butcher normal, everyday words. She pronounced "agricultural" as "algercutcheral." She pronouned "Ishmael" as "Israel." And she pronounced (I swear on my mother's eyes that I am not making this up) "Knossos" as "Crete." It was not a slip of the tongue, either; she did id multiple times over multiple days.

[Borodog]

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"mis-cheev-e-us" (mischievous)

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Both pronunciations of this are common, I believe.

[miajag]

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I thought eschew was "eh-SHOO" for many years.

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Eh-Shoo is the more common (and correct) way to pronounce this word.

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He had me scared there for a second.

[Parlay Slow]

pronounced ethereal as "etha-real"

[miajag]

Mine:
- Viscount (mentioned earlier, thought it was pronounced like "discount" until I was about 20)
- Decapitate (pronounced it "decapulate" until early-mid teens)
- Someone else mentioned bass, I knew the difference between the fish and the instrument, but I always pronounced the baseball player Kevin Bass' name like the instrument.

[RocketManJames]

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This reminds me of a teacher I had in high school. The woman seriously could not read words longer than two syllables, and she would just butcher normal, everyday words. She pronounced "agricultural" as "algercutcheral." She pronouned "Ishmael" as "Israel." And she pronounced (I swear on my mother's eyes that I am not making this up) "Knossos" as "Crete." It was not a slip of the tongue, either; she did id multiple times over multiple days.

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She might have been dslyxiec.

-RMJ

[Synur]

Bestiality

I gurantee that most of you pronounce it the wrong way.

[ddubois]

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I thought eschew was "eh-SHOO" for many years.

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Eh-Shoo is the more common (and correct) way to pronounce this word.

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Interesting. Neither dictionary.com, nor the audio book Verbal Advanatage (where I first learned of my 'error'), even mention a pronunciation other than es-CHOO.

[LuckOfTheDraw]

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Viscount

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I don't remember ever seeing or hearing this word until this thread.

[emon87]

Sherbet.


I've always pronounced it sherbert.