macabre ->Mak-ra-bray
hors d’ouvres ->horse du-vres
there’s another one, but… I don’t remember it (I never remember til I see it again)
Ditto!
lingerie the association with “linger” is too strong, and though I see the “ie” it’s too late to change the first syllable.
infrared I used to see it as infraird light, like refracted light. Now I know what it is.
biopic it looks like bi-op-ic, sortof like biopsy. I wish they wouldn’t abbreviate like this.
Then we could start a thread on words we mispronounce for the fun of it. When I get bored I mispronounce Menomonie, variety, ultraviolet, biology, Chippewa Falls and Idaho.
D** I forgot!
Yosemite. Looks like yoze mite.
“lbs.” = libbs instead of pounds
ricochet = rik-o-chet instead of rik-a-shay
Every single time I read ‘Omnipotent’ I hear “Ohm-ni-PO-tent.” As soon as I finish it I yell (to myself) DAMMIT! I did it again!
There are some things I just cannot remember, such as pronouncing this word, and that square roots give you two possible answers. I know it, but it always escapes me on tests and such. Arghh.