To misle?

[Mark Eckenwiler]

In <1991Nov9.0...@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>, ewo...@copper.ucs.indiana.edu stated:
>In article <JMC.91No...@SAIL.Stanford.EDU> j...@cs.Stanford.EDU writes:
>
>>but I think I was misled by it.
> ^^^^^^
>
>When I first read this word--misled--I never connected it with its
>infinitive--to mislead--because I mispronounced it in my head as I
>read: my'-zulled.

>Has anyone had similar experiences?

infrared
underfed

Followups to a.u.e, since this has next to nothing to do with books.
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Mark Eckenwiler e...@panix.com ...!cmcl2!panix!eck

[Paul Chen]

i too originally misread `misled'; even after learning the correct
pronunciation, i still like the sound i'd heard at first: "mizzled."
and i also agree that "to misle" should appear as a back-formation
verb.

"to revulse" is another back-formation i'd like to see. there are
others i've thought of but can't at the moment.

[Kathleen Much]

In article <1991Nov10....@panix.com> e...@panix.com (Mark Eckenwiler) writes:
>>When I first read this word--misled--I never connected it with its
>>infinitive--to mislead--because I mispronounced it in my head as I
>>read: my'-zulled.
>
>>Has anyone had similar experiences?
>
>infrared
>underfed

renewal--reen'-wall

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[Anthony V. Hewitt]

=>
=> In article <1991Nov10....@panix.com> e...@panix.com (Mark Eckenwiler) writes:
=> >>When I first read this word--misled--I never connected it with its
=> >>infinitive--to mislead--because I mispronounced it in my head as I
=> >>read: my'-zulled.
=> >
=> >>Has anyone had similar experiences?
=> >
=> >infrared
=> >underfed
=>
=> renewal--reen'-wall

bedraggled (BED-raggled) a. a tousled state due to having been bedridden.
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[Michael Park]

I often stumble over "entranced" (the opposite of "exited",
I guess, which btw also gives me trouble...)

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[William F Phillips]

:In article <1991Nov10....@panix.com> e...@panix.com (Mark Eckenwiler) writes:
:>>When I first read this word--misled--I never connected it with its
:>>infinitive--to mislead--because I mispronounced it in my head as I
:>>read: my'-zulled.
:>
:>>Has anyone had similar experiences?

A newspaper editor I knew many MANY years ago used to really look forward
to good, juicy stories involving

child MOLE-sters

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[Rob Hutchings]

molester - rhymes with pollster, bolster, holster --- RobH

[K W Lucas]

It happens in other languages. What about "bevelen" in Dutch?
I got it wrong when I first saw it.

Keith Lucas
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[Mike Ardai]

In article <1991Nov13....@vax.oxford.ac.uk> dla...@vax.oxford.ac.uk (Rob Hutchings) writes:
-In article <1991Nov12....@casbs.Stanford.EDU>, kath...@casbs.Stanford.EDU (Kathleen Much) writes:
-> In article <1991Nov10....@panix.com> e...@panix.com (Mark Eckenwiler) writes:
->>>When I first read this word--misled--I never connected it with its
->>>infinitive--to mislead--because I mispronounced it in my head as I
->>>read: my'-zulled.
-molester - rhymes with pollster, bolster, holster --- RobH

Also therapist/the rapist.

In VMS, option keywords are negated with the prefix NO. I once stared
at the command
SUBMIT /NOPRINT /NORESTART /NOTIFY file.com
trying to figure out what the TIFY switch did and why it was turned off ;-)
/mike
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[Colin Kendall]

In article <1991Nov12....@casbs.Stanford.EDU> kath...@casbs.Stanford.EDU (Kathleen Much) writes:
>In article <1991Nov10....@panix.com> e...@panix.com (Mark Eckenwiler) writes:
>>>When I first read this word--misled--I never connected it with its
>>>infinitive--to mislead--because I mispronounced it in my head as I
>>>read: my'-zulled.
>>
>>>Has anyone had similar experiences?
>>

Yosemite, to rhyme with Joe's mite.
Dunedin, to rhyme with tuned in.

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[Dian De Sha]

I used to read about Penelope (rhymed with antelope and cantaloupe).

[Ann McKelvie]

i

determined = rhymes with Peter mind
erudite= eroo'dight
.

[Dian De Sha]

Does anyone else have difficulty with "molester"?
In reading a headline this morning, my first take rhymed with pollster.