Do you say certain words uniquely?

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Recently read how people with autism, their speech can come from reading (or movies) more so than other people, and because of this certain words or even an accent can be differently pronounced than where they are from. I know that sentence was worded kind of weird, but deal with it.

I say gotten with a hard T. I actually had someone ask me why I said it like that, and I wasn't sure. I just said that I used to have a speech issue so that might be why, he thought I might have been from a different country because of it.

Only within the past year or 2 did I realize I say subtle odd. I used to say it like sub tile, instead of suttle, ignoring the b.
Also said Aragorn like Aragon because for some reason i read it like that.

Just wondering if anyone else said common words in odd ways on accident or used to until they noticed it.

and thought of another one: Colonel. I thought it was pronounced Co-loan-E-al instead of like kernel. That is probably a fairly common mistake though

Oh, I always thought his name was Aragon...

I know what you mean, usually I only learn how to pronounce a word if somebody tells me how to pronounce it (or by hearing it frequently). When I read, in my head I tend to read the words as they are spelled... so I never knew that "Iron" is not pronounces AI-RON but AIORN. or "subtle" ah, I think I've never actually used that word in a conversation.

On top of that I often imitate other people's accents and copy odd ways of pronouncing words and I won't notice it until somebody points it out

Yez. I think also it's common to pronounce some words differently from most people if you have only ever read them. Also, talking is annoying in general.

I still use mountain and cotton - the ending tain and ton. I say din instead. My S's used to be misplaced, like in magazine, I think I used sine (ceen). I mentioned to my sister I still mess up some spellings, she said I should read more. I told her I knew the spellings but spell them wrong sometimes, but I didn't learn to spell from reading things. Which seemed quite confusing to her.. They gave me honors English in testing for college but I still have no sense of what a adverb or noun is, lol....

We probably just learn quite differently and miss bits and pieces which other people take for granted.

I'm pretty sure I do this to some extent. Sometimes with a tv show or movie I take a liking to the way someone says a small phrase or words. Afterwards it just sort of works its way into how I speak, usually without me thinking about it. Both with the specific phrase and how the words were pronounced/stressed when I heard it.

Queue to Quenue, Cache pronounced "Catch-ee"....

I hate when you get caught having said a word that you've never heard pronounced...

I tend to adopt accents and speech patterns from movies or TV shows for a few days after I watch them. It happens to a lesser extent with books as far as speech patterns go, but my writing definitely tends to drift toward the writing style of whatever I've read most recently.

Not sure if this is relevant, but I seem to adopt different accents if I'm around people with different accents. My dad's family lives in Arkansas and if I'm down there for 2 or 3 days I start getting a southern accent.
It was the same when my brother and his family visited from North Carolina. I started mimicking their accent after a couple days without even noticing.

I used to do the same thing. I seemed to absorb people's accents when was around them for a day or so. If I was at a convention where there are a lot of american's for example. I would have to 'overdo' my British accent in order to not sound like I am taking the piss. It was the same with any strong UK accent as well. Birmingham for instance. I have a friend there who has a strong accent. And I used to end up mimicking her accent. I put it down to originally being very hearing sensitive. I am a musician at heart and have the ability to 'pick' apart pieces in my head, being able to divide up which instruments are being used. From bass lines to beats. And then being able to mimic them on Garage band. Same for picking out pieces of music on the piano. I have an extremely good ear. Which is very handy.

However. After recently relocating to Scotland. (I'm from the south of England) I haven't had the mimicking issue at all. I have absorbed a lot of colloquial language. But I think that is natural as you are immersed in this constantly. I am also far happier in my own skin these days. So I don't know if that too has an impact.

In regards to the pronunciation of words differently. Yes. I have a tendency to do this a lot. My partner however is a walking/talking dictionary. So if I am very unsure of a word I will just ask her. I will admit that sometimes I have completely avoided using a word if I am unsure of its pronunciation. Like Status. (STAY-TUS or STAR-TUS) I pronounce pronunciation as PRO-NOUN-CIATION which I am guessing is probably incorrect. Or perogative instead of prerogative.......

To be honest. I could go on. But yes. I do this to!

Does anyone end up using spoonerisms?

I do, but as I speak French, most examples I can identify are, well... difficult to explain. Mostly, it is because I prefer to say things my way, not because I don't know. In English, I have some problems with stress, but it is a second language, after all.

slightly off topic I suppose, but rather than pronounce words uniquely I tend to pick up old or outdated words or phrasesand use them in everyday speech.

Recently I've been watching a lot of Laurel and Hardy shorts and found myself using the word "swell" a lot in conversation because of it. If you're from the north of England or live in the Midlands you'll understand how weird it is to say that in general conversation in the 21st century...probably about 50 years out of date! I got picked up on it straight away but I just couldn't help it.

Another was when I started using the word "guff"after reading a book and nobody had a bloody clue what I was on about. I can't really recall the context now myself but it was very strange at the time.

I don't say that many things weird but sometimes I do. Especially in the old days. When I was young, I had this strong New York accent. I have never been to New York. So people out here in the Northwest sometimes has me repeat things because they like the accent. When I was a child many years ago, I had to be in speech therapy because of this unusual way of pronouncing things. I don't have the accent anymore somehow. I don't know what made it go away. I do have unusual phrases that I make up though. They are too weird to mention here because they literally don't make any sense unless you understand my way of thinking.

"Do you say, 'Certain words uniquely?'"

Nope. I say, "Particular terms in unusual ways."

I'm either called "That Cockney Over There" or told that I have a Cockney accent by many people, so I have a unique way if pronouncing a lot of my words for the part of the world in which I live.

i pronounce the state or oregon's name as OREH-gun. i hate it when i hear so many other people [including announcers who should know better!] saying oreh-GONE. same for KAH-rAH-OKEH [karaoke, that neato singalong thingie].