When I was like 10 I read the word hibiscus and I thought it was pronounced hi-buck-shu-us and asked what it was and eventually my sister read what it really was and they still make fun of me now! :(
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- When I was little and learnign to read, I used to believe that chaos was pronounced "Chaa-Ose."Anon
- I used to read about Lady Penelope and believe that her name was pronounced Penny-lope (lope as in antelope).Anon
- when my friend was little, she used to eat paper, thinking it would make her read better.— hehehe
- When I was young I used to think that WHSmith was all one word, and was thus pronounced "Wwwhhhhuuusmith"— Nathan
- I used to believe that the word 'circumstances' was pronounced 'circus dancers'.— Mel
- When i first saw the word "Czech" somewhere, i pronounced it "siz-ETCH" in my head — Pachisu