Let's see if you've mispronounced any of these.
When it comes to spelling, the English language can be confusing at times. Like, why is 'gym' pronounced the same way as 'Jim'?
If you've ever been let down by phonics, you're not the only one. In one Reddit thread (which you can see here ), people shared the words and phrases they've mispronounced their entire lives, and honestly, I'm guilty of mispronouncing some of these exact words, too.
Here are 19 words and phrases that people have butchered their whole lives:
(My high school English teacher would be screaming.)
1. "Albeit. I used to pronounce it as 'all bite' for years. 01"
C Viyella
2. "It wasnt until I was 21 that I learned that it was 'hand me downs.' Ive been saying 'hammy downs.'"
C iloveicedlattez
3. "I thought the phrase 'dog-eat-dog' as in 'its a dog-eat-dog world' was DOGGY DOG until I was a full-grown adult."
C SecretMusician8485
4. "I used to think sci-fi was pronounced 'sky-fi' until I said it in front of my dad and he laughed at me and then told me its actually pronounced like 'sigh-fi.'"
C Aishling_minecrafter
5. "I was an adult when I learned its 'chest of drawers' and not 'chester drawers.'"
C elanasaurus
6. "Manslaughter is not pronounced 'man's laughter.'"
C Beetjuiceconnoisseur
7. "Ill never forget the day someone pointed out to me that I was saying 'lie-berry' instead of 'library.'
C ArizonaKim
8. "I almost died of embarrassment my first day of grad school when I pronounced the word 'hegemony' as 'Hedgey-Money' because I had only ever read the word."
"Everyone paused, a couple of my classmates snickered, and the professor very gently said something like 'Thats a good point, Eternelle. Just so you know, that word is pronounced heh-gem-ony.'"
C eternelle1372
9. "Melancholy. I pronounced it 'melon chollie' until I heard someone else pronounce it 'melankolly,' and it clicked."
C Gryffindorphins
10. "I had been pronouncing 'epitome' as 'eh-pi-tome' (like how its spelled) for decades . I genuinely thought 'uh-pi-tuh-mee' (which is the correct pronunciation) was an entirely different word this whole time."
C vivek7006
11. "I pronounced the 't' in pestle until like two years ago. Im 56. I called it a mortar and pest-le."
C Used-Currency-476
12. "Hyperbole. I was pronouncing it 'hyper-bowl' until I was 26, and I met my now-husband, who politely and sweetly corrected me on it!"
C ABrokenConsort
13. "Until I was 20, I pronounced museum as 'mu-zam,' but one conversation I had with my brother exposed my error. I definitely felt that embarrassment as well, and I still have a slight anxiety when it comes to having wrong pronunciations of other words."
C EbilDark
14. "I was in my early 20s before I realized a footrest is called an ottoman. I always thought it was 'audiment.'"
C Kribix_
15. "I once knew a girl who said 'oldtimers' instead of 'Alzheimers.' I thought she did it jokingly, but she genuinely thought thats what it was called. She said it just made sense to her because it happened to old timers."
C 12Wanderful
16. "I was dating a literal physics-related PhD candidate (who was successful in getting it!) who would say 'minus well' instead of 'might as well.' Like he typed it out several times, I never told him."
C Klutzy_Journalist_36
17. "I didn't realise until last year that I was saying 'pronounciation' instead of 'pronunciation.' Ironic, when you think about it."
C ZeldaFan158
18. "For years, I thought dachshund (dash-hound) was a different breed than the one pronounced 'doxin.' I KNOW dachshund is 'doxin' now, but I still say dash-hound in my head when I see it."
C Euphoric_Map_6653
19. "I went the majority of my life saying 'miss-rus' for Mrs., instead of 'missus.' No one ever corrected me."
"I literally didnt find out until I said it to my future husband at the time, and he and his parents just looked at me and said, 'You mean missus?' I just cant believe no one ever corrected me, and I grew up in a small southern town where you call every adult Mrs."
C RKH_05
Do you have a word or phrase that belongs on this list? Let me know in the comments!
Note: Responses have been edited for length/clarity.
来看看你是否读错了其中的某些词。
英语的拼写有时令人困惑。比如，为什么“gym”和“Jim”的发音完全相同？
如果你曾因自然拼读法而受挫，绝非孤例。在Reddit的一个讨论帖（点击此处查看）中，网友们分享了那些他们一生都在误读的单词和短语——说实话，其中某些词我也一直念错。
以下是人们一生中常犯错的19个单词和短语：
我的高中英语老师要是知道了，肯定会尖叫起来。
尽管（Albeit）这个词，我多年来一直把它读成‘all bite’。01
C Viyella
2. "直到21岁我才知道正确的说法是'hand me downs'（别人穿过的旧衣服），而我一直误说成'hammy downs'。"
C iloveicedlattez
3. "我曾以为‘狗咬狗’（如‘这是个狗咬狗的世界’中的说法）是‘狗狗狗’，直到我长大成人后才明白过来。"
C SecretMusician8485
4. "我曾以为'sci-fi'（科幻）的发音是'sky-fi'，直到有一天在父亲面前这么说时被他笑话，他告诉我正确的发音其实是'sigh-fi'。"
艾什琳·麦恩克拉夫特（Aishling_minecrafter）
5. "我直到成年后才知道那叫'五斗柜'（chest of drawers），而不是'切斯特抽屉'（chester drawers）。"
C 伊兰纳龙
6. "过失杀人（Manslaughter）的发音并非‘男人的笑声（man's laughter）’。"
C 甜菜汁鉴赏家
7. "我永远忘不了那天有人指出钓鱼网，我把‘图书馆（library）’说成了‘浆果丛（lie-berry）’。"
亚利桑那·金
8. "研究生开学第一天，我把‘hegemony’（霸权）这个词念成了‘Hedgey-Money’，当场尴尬到想钻地缝——毕竟这词我以前只在书里见过。"
所有人都停顿了一下，几个同学窃笑起来，教授则非常温和地说道：‘说得很好，埃特内尔。不过要提醒你一下，这个词的发音是heh-gem-ony。’
C eternelle1372
9. "忧郁（Melancholy）。我一直把它念成‘melon chollie’，直到听见别人念‘melankolly’才恍然大悟。"
C 格兰芬多芬
10. "几十年来，我一直将'epitome'读作'eh-pi-tome'（按拼写发音）。我真心以为'uh-pi-tuh-mee'（这才是正确发音）完全是另一个单词。"
C vivek7006
11. "直到大约两年前，我还一直把‘pestle’里的‘t’发音读出来。我今年56岁了，过去总把它念成‘mortar and pest-le’（研钵与杵）。"
C Used-Currency-476
12. "夸张（Hyperbole）。直到26岁遇见我现在的丈夫前，我一直把这个词读成'hyper-bowl'，是他礼貌又温柔地纠正了我的发音！"
破碎的合奏
13. "直到20岁前贝语网校，我一直把museum（博物馆）念成'mu-zam'，直到和哥哥的一次谈话中被他纠正。那种尴尬感至今难忘，现在遇到其他单词时仍会担心自己发音错误。"
C EbilDark
14. "直到二十出头，我才知道脚凳的正确叫法是‘ottoman’。在此之前，我一直以为它叫‘audiment’。"
C Kribix_
15. "我曾认识一个女孩，她把‘阿尔茨海默病’说成‘老糊涂病’。起初我以为她在开玩笑起步网校，后来发现她是真心以为这病就叫那个名字。她说这说法很合理一流范文网，因为只有上了年纪的人才会得这病。"
C 12Wanderful
16. "我曾和一位物理学相关的博士候选人约会（他成功获得了学位！），他总把'might as well'说成'minus well'。比如他好几次都这么打字，但我从没纠正过他。"
C 笨拙记者_36
17. "直到去年我才意识到物业经理人，我一直把'pronunciation'（发音）错念成'pronounciation'。细想之下，颇具讽刺意味。"
C ZeldaFan158
18. "多年来，我一直以为‘dachshund’（发音类似‘dash-hound’）和发音为‘doxin’的狗是不同品种。虽然现在我知道‘dachshund’正确读法是‘doxin’，但每次看到这个词，我脑海里还是会默念成‘dash-hound’。"
C Euphoric_Map_6653
19. "我大半辈子都把Mrs.念成'miss-rus'，而不是正确的'missus'，但从来没人纠正过我。"
直到我对当时的未婚夫说出这个称呼时，我才真正意识到问题——他和他的父母只是看着我，反问道：‘你是想说太太（Mrs.）吧？’我简直不敢相信居然从来没有人纠正过我，要知道我可是在一个南方小镇长大的，在那里人们都称呼所有成年女性为太太（Mrs.）。
C RKH_05
是否有您认为应列入此清单的单词或短语？欢迎在评论区留言告知！
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