ever pronounce a word wrong for a long time

Non-native speaker, learned most of my English from the Internet, so I probably don't know the correct pronunciation of half my vocabulary.

Though even before that, I distinctly remember kid me realizing that "thunder" wasn't pronounced "tunder".

As a kid, I kept on pronouncing the "vapor" in Vaporeon like the Spanish word for ship.

I've always mixed up the two different pronunciations of "Contrast", (for instance, turning up the "kun-trast" of an image.)

I always pronounce "hermaphrodite" with a silent h.

When I first encountered "Yosemite" in print, I assumed it was something like "yaws might". The particularly weird part is that I'd unknowingly heard "Yosemite" pronounced aloud many times because of watching cartoons that featured Yosemite Sam - I'd never seen his name written down, didn't connect it with the place at all, and was expecting it to be spelled "Yo Sammity Sam".

I always thought it was "yoz-ah-might".

Edit: Double post.

edited 16th Jul '15 10:31:00 PM by SmartGirl333

I thought the t in despot was silent (like in depot)

Tedious —> Me: "Teditious"

Holocaust —> Me: "Halacoest"

edited 18th Jul '15 5:10:54 PM by Metanoia

"teditious" sounds like a portmanteau of tedious and seditious. Like, if someone managed to incite rebellion in an incredibly boring manner, they'd be teditious.

For the longest time, I've always pronounced "sidereal" like a compound word. Turns out that it kinda-rhymes with Siberia.

There are two widely accepted pronunciations of Sidereal. One is sort of like "see-de-real" and the other is more like "sigh-de-real".

I still pronounce "Zeus" as "Zee-yuss".

edited 13th Aug '15 9:39:19 AM by NotSoBadassLongcoat

TIL that "albeit" is pronounced "ALL-be-it", not "æl-BEYT".

Same!

edited 14th Aug '15 2:59:26 PM by SmartGirl333

I used to pronounce "croutons" as "crow-she-ons" when I was smaller.

For the longest time I thought "Freud" rhymed with "rude" rather than being pronounced like "froyd".

Even though it's in Kalos, the e in Lumiose has no accent. Thanks, anime.

Do names count? If so, I just learned the proper way to pronounce "Godot." Should come in handy if I ever have to get acquainted with Waiting for Godot or do a let's play of Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations.

One I just figured out is deva (like the mythical creature/kind of angel from Dungeons And Dragons) I thought it was "dee-va" but it's "day-va". This makes me wonder how Terra Deva says her last name

edited 15th Sep '15 7:13:22 PM by Bootlebat

reh-sih-pro-shal

for reciprocal?

also @ 153 I make the same mistake with the two meanings/pronunciations of "attribute" i.e "what is your character's highest uh-trib-ute"

Also is the i in nostalgia supposed to be silent or is either one ok?

You don't say it, it functions to make the g a jay sound.