I was in the car reading a book out loud and one of the words in it was gherkin. I pronounced it "jerkin".
A childhood belief about gherkins

others believed things like this
- Up until 5 seconds ago, I had no idea wat a gherkin was— It's a little cucumber, stupid!
- I used to think that a gherkin was some kind of piece of machinery. I wonder where I got THAT from...— Some Idiot
- i used to believe that 'island' was pronounced 'is-land' instead. I know im not alone on that one! :)
— Da KornMeal - I used to think that New York was pronounced "Yew Nork"Anon
- when i was little i used to think bumble bee was actually pronounced bumbow bee— cathy
- I used to believe that L-M-N-O-P was 1 letter, pronounced elemenopeeAnon