When I was little, I pronounced "variety" veye-ar-it-ee, and kept trying to correct my Dad for pronouncing it wrong.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- 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
- I used to believe that the name Giselle was pronounced "gazelle"— Derek
- When I was about maybe...8 i used to think that picturesque was pronounced picture-skwehAnon