Have you ever turned out to be just totally, stupidly, and absolutely thoroughly wrong and mistaken about something you only heard about?

In a college class I repeatedly pronounced Sigmund Freud’s name as “Frood.”

I knew that everyone pronounced it like “Froid,” but for some reason I thought it was a common misconception (like how people often say “Des-Car-Tes” instead of “Day-Cart”), and that it was actually supposed to be pronounced Frood.

Turns out I got the Frood pronunciation from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure

@Qingu Great story. When I was young we had a study/library in our house. I did school work and listened to the radio (Jack Armstrong, Captain Midnight, Little Orphan Annie, etc.
One of the books on the shelf that caught my eye had a title written on two lines, one below the other which I pronounced Yooly sez. Years later, Surprise! I was never able to read the book,
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@Qingu Yes, great story and kudos for being willing to confess it here. :-)

I got some arguments mixed up earlier on Fluther and stated christmas wasn’t religious at all, when it actually turned out…. Lol!

@Sunny2 Portrait of the Artist as a Young NItwit? Is that what your getting at? LOL. I’ve so been there. :-)

@Blackberry This is the fluther confessional! Let it all out! Thank you. We’re not stupid people, we’re just people who do stupid things sometimes. That’s my theory. :-)

Someone told me that Lady Gaga was Cindi Lauper’s daughter and I believed it.

NIce try @ratboy, but I’m not buying it. Try again.

@lillycoyote—why would anyone question my credulity? I believe as effortlessly as other people breathe. On my worst day, I can believe contradictions without breaking a sweat.

I pronounced ‘hors d’oeuvre’ Hors De Ouve Ray. My boss couldn’t stop laughing. It was cool though. I can laugh at myself.

Because I didn’t read it in 9th grade, and instead had a friend tell me the synopsis, I wrote a paper on Oedipus Wrecks. My English teacher figured I was being “delightfully sardonic” and gave me extra points for my cleverness. Sorry, Mrs. P, your faith was misplaced, I was just being a lazy idiot.

’‘some damn Italian cake’’ lmao. You always make my nights. :D

I’m never wrong about anything, because I’m awesome.

Actually that’s bullshit. I just don’t have any specific examples, but I know I’ve been stupidly wrong plenty of times. Mostly, I just wanted to comment on ’‘some damn Italian cake’’. :)