It took me a *very* long time to realise that the Segway (which I pronounced "sedge-way") wheeled vehicles were pronounced the same way as the word segue ("sè-goo? sèg?"). I blame Sigue Sigue Sputnik for at least some of the confusion.

Never made the Sigue Sigue Sputnik connection- that could be a contributor!

I almost bit my tongue off keeping myself from blurting out “that’s how it’s pronounced??” when a professor had segue on the board and said segway and not seg-you like I thought I was. Had heard it plenty of times, knew it meant what segue did, thought it was two different words.

Well, I mean, who would? not English speakers