+362 You feel like such an idiot when you hear someone on TV or in a movie say a certain word, and you realize that you've been pronouncing that word wrong your entire life, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

For years I pronounced "clandestine" as "candlesteen". I also can never remember how to say "perspicacious".

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Episcopal. I pronounced it "espy-cope-al"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The name Deirdre. I pronounced it "DEZ-ree-dare"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I've never seen that name, just Deidre.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

adhesive for some reason i just said asdshive

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I felt like such an idiot when I found out on TV that encyclopedia is actually pronounced 'encyclo-pai-dia'.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It isn't.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Kiosk. I has always pronounced it Koisk (Coi-sk) thanks to Rollercoaster Tycoon. Turns out it's supposed to be Kee-awsk.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Queue (I've always said it like kyoo-ee) and silhouette (I used to say it sil-hoot) Also, I used to say luigi like looch and bowser like boner.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Epitome.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I always saw "vegetable" wrong. It's cause I always say it like it's spelled. So, I'll say "veg eh table" instead of "veg tuh bull." I always get made fun cause of it but, seriously, why spell something like that if it's not said that way!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

There's nothing wrong with pronouncing it like that...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I also always say "acoustic" and "atheism/atheist" wrong. I say acoustic like "uh cost ic" & atheism like "ath is um."

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The word colonel

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Sepulcher? On skyrim, it's pronounce sep ul ker and I always thought it was sep ul cher...like it's spelled.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm more likely to question their pronunciation than mine. And, reading through the comments here, I'd probably question anyone's pronunciation of a word over mine...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

CHAMMA LEON (chameleon by Ted Mosby :P)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

haha I love that episode!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

For a long time I've pronounced "deus ex machina" like "dooz ex muh-chee-nuh"

by Anonymous 12 years ago