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Things you've pronounced wrong nearly your entire life?

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I just wanted to see if any of you had pronounced words wrong for a really long time and then found out you were saying it wrong the whole time?

I pronouced dachshund as "dash-hound" nearly my entire life, but then I learnt a few months ago that it's pronounced "dox-hund". :( I was pretty embarrassed.
 
I could list many, thanks to having severe dyslexia my whole life...And of course a lot of words I mispronounced were read on some place or another.

"Nearby" I pronounced Nerby.
"Adobe Flash Player" I always pronounced as "Abode"
"Articuno" was "Arcituno"
"Suicune" was "Suicine"

I still call "Scizor" "Scy-zorrr" and not "Scissor"...The list goes on.
 
I could list many, thanks to having severe dyslexia my whole life...And of course a lot of words I mispronounced were read on some place or another.

"Nearby" I pronounced Nerby.
"Adobe Flash Player" I always pronounced as "Abode"
"Articuno" was "Arcituno"
"Suicune" was "Suicine"

I still call "Scizor" "Scy-zorrr" and not "Scissor"...The list goes on.

ok i say scizor like that too lmao i didnt know that was wrong
 
ok i say scizor like that too lmao i didnt know that was wrong

It is to some but it'll always be right to me.


Same with Arceus. I pronounce it Arseus, not Arkeus. But that's wrong to some.
 
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one of the weirdest things, i used to say inventory like "e-ven-chuh-ree" and i still sometimes get it wrong.
when i was younger and playing games, i also used to say pwn like... you might get it but i was really surprised when my parents didn't say anything
 
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I also mispronounce Arceus as "ar-see-us", it just sounds wrong any other way. And Caterpie as "kat-er-pai", along with pretty much every other pokemon with a weird name.
 
I pronounced Chao (those little animals from the Sonic series) like "Chay-oh" for the longest time. There were a lot of names in Greek Mythology I would mispronounce all the time too, back when I was still learning about it.
 
I also mispronounce Arceus as "ar-see-us", it just sounds wrong any other way. And Caterpie as "kat-er-pai", along with pretty much every other pokemon with a weird name.

I thought Caterpie was correctly pronounced as "kat-er-pai" :confused:
 
I pronounced and spelled cole slaw wrong.
I both spelled and pronounced it "colsla" because that's how my Grandma said it.
 
Christina Aguilera's last name
I pronounced it ah-gyoo-leh-ree-ah
I dunno why I misplaced the "I"
 
A lot of things. I used to have trouble saying "desks" though. I could never get the "ks" part right.
 
most words in English to be honest. My second language and yeah we didn't get much actual pronunciation training lmao.
 
i say "marsh-mEllows"
i know it's with an a but i just thought that was how its said because yaknow its english
but my family was making fun of me when i said that i said it like how i always do? like they never noticed i was saying "mellow" instead of "mallow"
 
to add to my earlier answer- 'welwyn'. my boyfriend is from there and i still have no clue what the right way to say it is!!
 
to add to my earlier answer- 'welwyn'. my boyfriend is from there and i still have no clue what the right way to say it is!!

Well-in. Welwyn. But is it actually Welwyn or Welwyn Garden City? Just off the A1(M)? I've driven past quite a few times recently but I haven't actually been to either.
 
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