My brother used to let me read Mad Magazine out loud to test my just learned reading skills when I was in 1st grade (circa 1963). One time, I pronounced a word

My brother used to let me read Mad Magazine out loud to test my just learned reading skills when I was in 1st grade (circa 1963). One time, I pronounced a word as "eye-doyt". My brother knew that wasn't a word and had to look at the page. The word was actually "idiot".