Goth's, Faust.

[sandyRoe]

That's how I pronounced, Goethe, until I knew better. Do you remember mispronouncing anything?
This Q inspired by an item on Radio 4 this morning.

[aelmpvw]

i pronounced leominster as it appears until i heard someone say lemster

[jackthehat]

Having only ever read the book, it wasn't until the films were released that I realised that the dragon in The Hobbit was named Sm-ow-g and not Sm-or-g which is how I always pronounced it in my head.

[Prudie]

I heard that too. Yes I said or-rie for a long time before the correct way to say awry was pointed out to me.

[Samuraisan]

I used to mispronounce ubiquitous in a very strange way. A long time ago I must add !

[Svejk]

misled- myzelled

[-Talbot-]

I pronounce one of my favourite pubs The Leo Pard ... takes my mind off the spit & sawdust!

[hellywelly4]

Penelope - penny lope ( I was only small!)

[sunny-dave]

I used to think it was Her-me-own for Hermione - way way back - well before Harry Potter.

I was then very amused when a young God Daughter had exactly the same problem when she was reading HP.

[Peter Pedant]

Goethe's as Goth's
ah I wondered where the s came from

panto slave enters in dis-gee-ooze instead of disguise - primary skool
None of us believed the temz was spelt Thaymz ( 1' skool againe )
O god frater spelt freighter seemed an unlikely choice of letters as well

egg-ee-put for Egypt
and that rare stamp British Gee-arna penny mag-neta

The Roman coin - sesterce - was obvious cess - ter-see
I mean the Rolling Stones wrote a song about it didnt they
route sesterce

I still cringe when I hear Constable's Hew-un pronounced the hay wain

have you hurt your forehead - no I have bruised my forrid you dimbo
( or the other way round )

Henri IV as 'ongry cat

and I still havent exhausted the mistakes from primary skool !

[Peter Pedant]

I said to a priest ( proddy of course he had a child erm I dont mean that ) that the daughters of Job were Jemima - kuh-zI-uh and karenNephtha

and he said Kezia as rhymed wid isaiah ?

we named my daughter kuh-zee-uh

[Peter Pedant]

or perhaps it was kezzy-uh