Even though I am now 40 years old, I still am educated on my English pronunciation on a regular basis—at least a few words a year! Here is my latest:
interlocutor
I have read this in 19th century literature usually, and understand, from context, that it is a person speaking a conversation. I assumed the pronunciation was in - ter - lo - cu - tor, but I was listening to an audiobook last night and heard it read (and afterwards confirmed online) as
in - ter - loc - u - tor
loc with a short o sound!
I'm still not going to use it in my conversation, ahem, interlocutions, but it's good to know all the same :)
