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« on: February 23, 2015, 03:46:24 PM »
When I was really young, I thought bronze medals were "broads" medals.  Also, I pronounced the "TH" sound as "F" (I would say "fank you").
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« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2015, 03:51:32 PM »
I still do, because I read a lot of things that I don't talk to anybody about.  last year I pronounced "epistle" as e-pistol (instead of epissle).
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« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2015, 04:02:27 PM »
I pronounced 'absolutely' as abostally.  I read a lot, but didn't know the word.
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« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2015, 04:34:31 PM »
I often said "adult" as "aduld" (it's more used in French, since it's the word for a major person). I still do sometimes, even now.
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« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2015, 06:46:13 PM »
nothing in particular, i just had a tendency to slur my words together. my brain was sometimes too fast my mouth lol
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« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2015, 06:54:24 PM »
"Epitome" comes to mind. I pronounced it "ep - e - tome."  "Horrific" way, way back when, I pronounced horrific "horr- eee - fic," as to which my Dad slapped me down hard to get that one out of my system! Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2015, 08:10:58 PM »
botulism and lascivious  (pronounced as bootilism and lavicious)
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« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2015, 08:16:04 PM »
i used to pronounce the b in "thumb", "tomb", and "womb"


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« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2015, 08:18:05 PM »
...was crucified under Pancho the Pirate...
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« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2015, 08:22:28 PM »
School. I could not get the sch part out and would always say "cool". I had a principal who would ask me to say "School is cool" and then laugh when I'd say "Cool is cool".

Also, anything with a TH came out an S - it still does, actually.
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« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2015, 08:45:37 PM »
nucular, expresso, perogative, cache, and in order to stick to the point of this forum:

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« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2015, 09:07:25 PM »
Definitely plenty of words, but I say mike-er-wave instead of microwave. That might just be a Philly thing, though. That's the only one that stands out.
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« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2015, 11:55:32 PM »
I met a Hispanic guy named Jesus (hay-soos) and thought his name was literally Jesus (Jee-zus). Does that count?
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« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2015, 01:27:19 AM »
Not exactly a mispronunciation but I used to think that the spelling of "laughter" was a different word than "laaf-tehr" (which I thought was spelled as lafter) pronounced as "law-tehr."

I also used to pronounce epitome as "eh-pih-tohm."
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« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2015, 02:51:56 AM »
'Criminal' was 'crinimal' for a while.
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« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2015, 06:39:03 AM »
Quote from: Illuminati Blood Drinker on February 23, 2015, 11:55:32 PM
I met a Hispanic guy named Jesus (hay-soos) and thought his name was literally Jesus (Jee-zus). Does that count?

Almost every non-hispanic person does this at some point in their life.
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« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2015, 03:19:44 PM »
Wyoming was, for a good while, Wom-o-yong
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