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Discovering you've been pronouncing a word wrong all your life

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mushroom May 2020 10:14am, 12 May 2020 1,133 posts	0 mushroom Going back to Sean Penn, my father always called the actor Sean Bean (GoT etc) as 'Shaun Born' If the stress is good enough for one word, it'll do for both..!
swittle May 2020 10:15am, 12 May 2020 63,565 posts	0 swittle I like that ^
Diogenes May 2020 10:18am, 12 May 2020 48,468 posts	0 Diogenes We've always said Seen Been
swittle May 2020 10:19am, 12 May 2020 63,566 posts	0 swittle Where does this leave our own runnerbean?
mushroom May 2020 10:22am, 12 May 2020 1,135 posts	0 mushroom Turns out he actually was born a Shaun..! en.wikipedia.org
Carpathius May 2020 10:23am, 12 May 2020 19,506 posts	0 Carpathius Our daughter is Sian. Uncle-in-law always persisted in calling her 'Shey-ann' and an aunt-in-law has addressed her in Christmas cards as Siobhan for 20 years, despite me spelling it correctly every year in their card.
Carpathius May 2020 10:23am, 12 May 2020 19,507 posts	0 Carpathius Î
halfpint May 2020 10:27am, 12 May 2020 31,007 posts	0 halfpint Antecedent gets me every time. I’ve had to deliver training multiple times which includes reference to the ABC approach (antecedent-behaviour-consequence). I’ve probably pronounced it differently each time.
halfpint May 2020 10:29am, 12 May 2020 31,008 posts	0 halfpint There is a word that for years I pronounced wrong in my head and therefore did not make the connection between the written and spoken word. I can’t bloody remember what it was now and it’s driving me mad.
Cerrertonia May 2020 10:30am, 12 May 2020 12,485 posts	0 Cerrertonia My wife says "delicatessence" for delicatessen. She also uses the word "slither" for a small slice of cake. My parents convinced me that Wakefield was pronounced wackyfield and I only learned otherwise when listening to a rugby league commentary on the radio at the age of 10. Our team's coach used to refer to a "scintillating" run by someone, with the 'c' not being silent.