Ok, so I'm slow

[ksmith]

Meme has a long e. It's pronounced "meem".

All this time, I'd been pronouncing it "mem". Forget the fact that it looks like "heme", which I've always pronounced "heem". To me, it was "mem". Even now that I know better, I still want to say "mem".

At least I never pronounced it "memie". As in, oh no, not another screamin' meme!

So, anyone else have any blocks when it comes to certain words? Spelling or pronunciation, doesn't matter.

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[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I sometimes go all anglophile and say "leftenant."

I used to get stuck on the word "weapon" during my comic book reading phase, ages 4-6. I sounded it out as "wee-pon". That pronunciation is still stuck in my head.