When my father was young, he would read adaptations of Greek myths. He thought that Persephone (purse-eph-oh-nee), the queen of the underworld, was pronounced "purse-eh-phone." He also thought that Penelope (pen-ell-oh-pee), the wife of Ulysses, was pronounced "Pen-ell-lope" (rhymes with "cantaloupe.") It actually took him a long time to adjust to the correct pronunciations.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to read about Lady Penelope and believe that her name was pronounced Penny-lope (lope as in antelope).Anon
- I used to believe my mom kept a lizard in her purse that would bite me if I got into it.Anon
- When I was little and learnign to read, I used to believe that chaos was pronounced "Chaa-Ose."Anon
- When I was young I used to think that WHSmith was all one word, and was thus pronounced "Wwwhhhhuuusmith"— Nathan
- i thought the name Anon, was really a name...pronounced A-Non...haha i figured it out— Norman einstien
- Until very recently, I thought "archives" was pronounced like "are chives".— Mitsuki