I noted that the OP mentioned it.
Only to point out that, since I pronounced turmeric incorrectly for years, who am I to say how to correctly pronounce paprika?
Dang. Only 42 responses and I forgot that already.
I worked for a while in a transport company where, for one client, we moved papRIka. At the same time I cooked with PAPrika. For some reason I never noticed the difference until now.