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

[RocketManJames]

Hah, I just remembered one that I mispronounced horribly.

Milpitas is a city in Silicon Valley... I used to pronounce it Mill-Lip-It-Uss instead of the correct Mill-P-Tuss.

I had just moved there and met a girl at a bar, and she asked where I was from. She busted up, corrected me, and no, I had no chance after that.

-RMJ

[Godfather80]

For some reason, I still want to pronounce "steroid" as "stare-rer-roid".

[Borodog]

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"real-a-tor" is the one that I hear all the time, and it drives me crazy.

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[Badger]

I grew up in Minnesota, so most words ending in -ag. Also, root, roof. So many times I've had to repeat myself three times before realizing my roommate understood what I was saying, but just wanted to keep on hearing me say boat like a funny northerner.

[foureightsuited]

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I still pronounce forehead as "far-head" to this day. Once, someone noticed it and told me it was a "Pennsylvania accent" and has something to do with the Pennsylvania Dutch... I didn't believe them but my friends from back home say the same thing. I guess I am really dumb after all.


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Derek: by the way, with your complexion, you really shouldn't be wearing
your hair pulled back that tight
Matilda: what are you talking about?
Derek:It pulls back the skin on your forehead, creating a tension, which clogs the pores

Derek Zoolander definitely pronounces it far-head, why that was the first thing that popped into my head reading this post, i dunno.

[Duke]

'MAYzher' for measure is one that's annoying to hear. I don't care if it's a legit alternate or not.

~D

[econophile]

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'MAYzher' for measure is one that's annoying to hear. I don't care if it's a legit alternate or not.

~D

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there's a good MST3K episode where one of the actors keeps pronouncing it this way.

[7ontheline]

Interestingly, a lot of surgeons I know pronounce the word centimeter as SONT-imeter. WTF? I have never understood this.

[MikeyPatriot]

I used to pronounce aficionado "a-fee-shando" which doesn't make sense, but sounds better than "a-fish-ee-a-nado"

[poopstar212]

for tortillas i used to say tor-tee-las. and i still do. why should i fng change, everyone else should