mispronunciation, n.All

Oprah's real name is actually "Orpah." People mispronounced it regularly, and "Oprah" stuck.

A certain demon in Catholic lore collects all the mispronounced words said by priests and puts them in a sack. That sack is later carried by the offending priests in hell.

Mispronunciation is often a matter of great consequence. If Samuel Pepys had been smart enough to pick a name like Joe Blow, every schoolboy in America would be reading his diaries today instead of being out in the streets stealing hub caps.