As I child, I read books far above my age and grade level, and I'm still an avid reader.
I mispronounced many words that I would read, which my mother called “reader’s mistakes.”
I said “fatigue” like “fat-igloo,” and my sister pronounced it “fa-tig-yoo.”
Up until a few weeks ago, I said “façade” just the way it's spelled, like “fa-cade.”
I've been reading electronically more often, so if I run into a word like “fatigue” again I'll have Siri to sound it out for me.
This last one isn't a reader’s mistake, but I said it well until I was around ten years old. I called lightsabers (from Star Wars) life-savers, and I called life-savers (the candy) life-sabers.
Hm. Now I’m hungry for some life-sabers.
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