Until I was around 15 I thought minestrone (soup) was pronounce MINE-strown.
My sister used to pronounce Jai'Alai (sport) like this: JAY-a-lay.
Guess it runs in the family...
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- When my sister was about 9 or 10 she used to pronounce "chaos" like "chows"Anon
- As a child, my twin sister and I used to pronounce `Spaghetti' as `Mastaghetti'. Sounds a bit rude, no? Anon
- I used to pronounce the word "Computer" as "Crocuta"
Anon - I thought that exclamation marks were actually "explanation marks", since they explain how you pronounce it.— superoid
- there's such thing as "soul-security"( social security )
because of the way my stupid parents pronounce it— elizabeth - I hated french onion soup so my dad told me that it was banana soup and i lapped it up for years.— AussieMeg