Things that you thought were said differently

[BabyLlamaZen]

When I first read Harry Potter I thought it was 'hermy-own' - was gobsmacked when I heard how it was pronounced when the films started coming out! I also thought mirror of Erised was pronounced 'i-rye-sd'

Segue is pronounced Segway though isn’t it

@spookybitches

I always thought melancholy was pronounced as mellan-cholly

I thought it was? How is it pronounced?

I only learnt last month that Persephone isn't pronounced Purse-a-phone. I always wondered why people would pick a name that sounds like 'purse and phone'. Thank god I never said it out loud.

I thought the French word gigue was pronounced with a hard g until earlier this year... I am in my forties and a music teacher and have taught hundreds of "gigues" for exam pieces over the years. Cringe.

@Bobbiepin

Achipalego. Pretty sure I've spelt it wrong too. Never get it right.

I can never ever pronounce that word. When I was reading the Wizard of Earthsea to the kids (set in a land called the Archipelago) I had to pause dramatically every time the word came up and let them say it. The same for the Book of Gramarye in The Dark Is Rising.

Well hand gliding makes perfect sense... as you hold on with your hands. It will always be hand gliding to me

I thought game of thrones milk of the poppy was milk of the puppy. Dh corrected me yesterday I thought milk of the puppy was weird tbh!

My DS, when very small, was playing a game of True or False. Except he kept asking us if it was True or Farsel. We still use it, 15 years on.

Not quite the same, but my DP is not a native English speaker and often asks me to get something out of the 'glove department' of the car.

And when talking about people singing loudly he says they're 'belching it out', not belting.

I will NEVER tell him because they are some of my favourite things he says

Melan-Kolly not melan-cholly

Mine is grand Prix when I was a lot younger. You can imagine what I was actually saying.....I was quickly corrected by my parents!!

One of my first jobs leaving school was in a female clothing store (Anyone remember Chelsea girl?) I used to show people where the 'lin ger ree' section was!

Albeit is all-be-it

I thought laconic was lasonic (soft c) for years.

BIL3 calls peripherals 'perry ferals'

Duchy of Cornwall is mine. I was never sure if it was pronounced Dooshie or not!

On a slightly different subject, I was 17 when I found out that the birds that were "hooting" in the daytime were pigeons, not owls...my dad laughed for a solid three days.

Can't beat we are four pages in and lingerie hasn't had a mention. I was in my late teens before I found out it wasn't ling ga ree! Luckily a few women at work were laughing at some other poor sod who mispronounced it out loud!

In hospital one time my mum was offered a "kwitch" (quiche).

St Tropez

Penelope
Pen eh lope

Whenever I read the word misled, in my head it becomes "my zulled"

@OneUsernameOnly- how is epitome pronounced?

I refuse to say biopic as ‘bio-pick’..... We don’t say eeepic, do we?

My daughter thought well flavoured cheese was maytured, but then that’s English for you. So many ways to pronounce similar letter groups!

I thought escalope was pronounced like envelope.

And segue like seeeg. Not Segway.

When I did A level English lit and we were reading Midsummer Nights Dream I made a right tit of myself reading out loud that Bottom had an arse’s head instead of ass’s head. I was trying to be posh I think.

Epitome is eh-pit-oh-me

@Imissmoominmama eh-pit-oh-mee