The Little Red Haired Girl

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Do you ever realize, far too late in life, that you’ve been pronouncing a word wrong for years?

I still remember the day, when I was about 5, when my mom realized that I was pronouncing my own name wrong.

I knew that the way my family said my name sounded a lot different from the way the kids at school said my name, but I chalked it up to the fact that everything was different about school and home.

It took me a long time to realize that my family spoke a different language at home. In pre-school I thought that everyone spoke English at school and Farsi at home. 

So I just thought there was a “school” pronunciation of my name, and “home” pronunciation of my name.  

Anyway, I just realized today…at 26…that I’ve been pronouncing the world “only” like “omly.”  I thought it was one of those silent-letters-replaced-with-other-letters sorta deal.

But no.

I’m wrong.  And I’ve been wrong for 26 years.

…at least I know now?

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