Stormlight

Yep. Even better: 333. That's just nasty.

Marduk

sar a tish us ly- I can't even spell it close enough for spell check to correct it yet alone pronounce it, it mean sneaky.

Chuck

Surreptitiously?

EverLastingGodStopper

Aaaah! surreptitiously!

[Middle English, from Latin surreptcius, from surreptus, past participle of surripere, to take away secretly : sub-, secretly; see sub- + rapere, to seize; see rep- in Indo-European Roots.]

It's "sir-rup-tish-us-ly."

Koyaanisqatsi

Well, I have a mild form of dyslexia, so I blame my wiring, but, for me it's usually multi-syllabic words where I have no idea where the emphasis goes. Two quick examples:

Apothecary. For years it was "apo-THEKary" to me.

Arboretum. Yes, it was "ar-BORAH-tum." That one still hits me that way when I see it.

To be fair, though, we Americans just seem to randomly pronounce words without any rhyme or reason, like Kilometer. We usually pronouce it "keh-LOM-ehter," yet we don't do the same for Centimeter or Millimeter, so either they should all be "sen-TIM-ehter" and "meh-LIM-ehter," or it should be "KILO-meeter."

Go figure.

:huh:

Babylon Sister

Debacle. I know how to say it correctly, but it always seems to come out deb-a-cal.

Marc Higbie

larynx

Stopped me up for years and I still have to think for a split second to get it right.

Marc

Chris Porter

Of course! What are we, if not honest hypocrites, eh? Besides, I grew up with people laughing at my mispronunciations, I certainly intend to give back in kind. It's for the good of mankind.

trillian

Macabre. I mean do I say the "r" or not. What's the deal? I just avoid it.

Indubitably. Horrible word. But I would totally use it if I could pronounce it without tripping all over.

Mediancat

Not a problem for those of us who remember "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here."

Rob aka Mediancat