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I think this is more attributed to how the people around you spoke rather than strictly reading.
My college roommate and I both grew up reading. My family also read books and one parent was college educated. Her family only read the local paper (6th grade reading level). She was the only reader in her family.
So we both grew up reading, but I could pronounce words she couldn't simply because the people around me also knew and used them.
The point you made is literally the point in the joke.
You just proved it more right with another example. I'm not entirely sure what you are going for here ๐ค
Annihilator - i used to say annie he lator - the spelling on this word. Seriously.
Hyperbole - like 2 years ago i found out its not hyper bowl. Really?
Onyx - Onks. On icks? Only 40 years saying that word wrong.....
People care way too much about correcting people on how to pronounce certain words.
One of my buddies is in his fifties. He's been an avid reader his entire life. He pronounces "chasm" with the ch of "chicken" no matter how much we correct him. I've known him long enough for that word to actually have shown up in conversation a not-insignificant number of times.
Names from other languages I think are especially obvious for the self taught or avid reader. Euler, Goethe, Camus, etc
Had to hear Triumvirate before I said it out lound...but honestly it has never come up in casual conversation, so go figure.