I had a very embarrassing incident with the word facade in 7th grade or so....
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
"fuckedy?" Hee. My downfall was chaos. Which I pronounced, "chowse."
I still say "munciple" in my head, only just managing to rearrange it to municiple before it hits audible.
"fuckedy?"
nope, "fa-Kade"
My downfall was chaos. Which I pronounced, "chowse."
I said it "chay-ous"
I used to think "draught" was a totally different word than "draft."
Until I was about 18 or so. No, really.
cha-ose. Long O.
I somehow managed to get "chaos" right, and still derive "chow-tic" from it.
How funny. My embarrassing incident was fuh-KADE in 7th grade, and Greg's was chowse. It's nice to be in such good company.
"misled" = meye-zzld. A word totally unrelated (in my head) to the past tense of "to mislead."
And then there's "epitome" (ep-i-tome) and "Penelope" (pen-e-lope).
Evil words.