I thought "opera" was pronounced "oprah", as in Oprah Winfrey.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- I used to think that Oprah was an opera singer.— Mello
- Soap Opera's are Soaps that sing Opera to you while you take a bath. Right???— Kid 1990
- I used to believe opera singing was a language all its own.— Rachel
- I used to think the TV show "The Sopranos" was about opera singers.— Innocent Kid
- 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