1. I used to read "Touche" as "Touchy", which made the Three Musketeers seem very sensitive and kind of bitchy.
2. Meme. I was certain it was, "me me".
3. Epitome but like it rhymes with home.
4. In primary school I had to read the word 'hors d'oeuvres' aloud and pronounced it 'horse doovers'
5. I thought hyperbole rhymed with Superbowl until like 6 months ago
6. Chic. I thought it was pronounced "chick". And used to say out loud "that's a chick outfit."
7. Autopsy. For some reason, when I was a kid, I got two letters transposed in my head thought it was auto-spy.
8. Archive, with chive pronounced like the herb.
9. Fatigue (Fatty-goo-wee)
10. Homeowner (ho-meow-ner)
Fake experts
An open letter that made headlines in the UK calling for a herd immunity approach to Covid-19 lists a number of apparently fake names among its expert signatories, including "Dr Johnny Bananas" and "Professor Cominic Dummings". The Great Barrington declaration, which was said to have been signed by more than 15,000 scientists and medical practitioners around the world, was found by Sky News to contain numerous false names including a resident at the "university of your mum", a supposed specialist whose name was the first verse of the Macarena and more than 100 therapists whose expertise included massage, hypnotherapy and Mongolian khoomii singing.
