Is there a word or phrase you discovered you've been using or saying wrong all along? For years? To much eventual embarrassment?
Did you spend years mispronouncing the word "epitome"? Did you think the phrase was "all intensive purposes"?
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You mean you need more than I've already 'fessed up to on this discussion board?
I've been pronouncing detritus with the accent on the first syllable for so long I don't think I'll ever fully absorb the correct reading.
I think I've previously mentioned somewhere that I used to think the word for what is left of a cone or pyramid after you cut the point off was frustrum. I had to check four reference books to convince myself that the second R didn't belong there.
I was 15 when I realized that "annihilate" (which I read as "an-hilly-ate") was pronounced "in-io-late". Prior to that, I thought it was weird that there were two very long words which meant the exact same thing.
In 7th grade, I had to write a history essay and read it in front of the class. I read two pages out loud to the whole class about the great conquerer Neopolitan.
I've already mentioned this in other WWW threads, but I'll throw it in here again since Martha is obviously trolling for examples.
In grade school I learned of the Taj Mahal via its iconic image. But to me it was always the "Tajma Hall." Wasn't until late in high school, when I saw it in print, that I realized my error. "Tajma" sounded like an appropriately Indian name, and it was obviously a "hall" of sorts.