Mistaken

I thought it meant one thing, when it really meant something else.

Chitin

The organic substance that makes up the exoskeleton of arthropods.

Came across this while I was looking up the definition of Carapace. I'd always assumed it was pronounced with a soft ch sound and a short i. In actuality it's a hard ch and a long i. Instead of rhyming with kitten, it rhymes with Titan.

Hove

Past tense of heave.

I guess I'd always assumed that would be heaved. I came across this in Alastair Reynolds's Revelation Space.

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