Am I the only one who sounds out "listen" as "list-en"?

I don’t say it “list-en,” but whenever I’m typing or writing, in my mind, I pronounce it “list-en” to make sure I spell it right? Does anybody else do that, or something like that, or am I the only one?

If I ever have the need to spell the name of Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski (said “sha-SHEFF-ski”), I sound it out as “kurr-zy-zoo-ski” to be sure of myself.

The very pondering of this question hides the truth.

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actually. I do sound the t.

I do not sound out the “t”.

Liss’n.

Yup, you’re the only one.

Er, you and Lobsang are the only ones.

I say it lissen but I guess I think lis-ten when spelling it.

I knew a guy who pronounced sub-tle. I wondered if he only knew the word from reading and never put together the connection with what others were saying as sut-tle.

I had trouble with seque, saying seeg (or maybe see-gee), until I heard somebody say seg-way. I was in my 20’s I think, maybe older.

Proper names have always been troublesome, especially those that have foreign language origins. How would you say Bethshears or Taliaferro? I got reprimanded when I pronounced them as spelled when I was reading them in some news copy on the radio. There must be hundreds more that require some twist on how they’re spelled.