You've probably been saying these popular reindeer names wrong

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) -- You know...Dasher, Dancer, and all of the others.

But do you recall...that you've been saying a few of them wrong? You're not alone if you answer no.

In fact, we all have been for quite some time, it turns out. It all goes back to the original poem.

Depending on when and where you went to grade school, you may have had to recite the poem or even sing it. Who could forget something that begins with such a strange contraction like T'was?

"A Visit from Saint Nicholas," which you may know more commonly as "The Night Before Christmas," was released in 1823 in an issue of the Troy Sentinel newspaper in New York.

Donder at the time was the English way of pronouncing Dunder and Blitzen is the German word for lightning. Of course, Blitzen also rhymes a bit better with Vixen.

Later, sometime between the 1830s-1840s, the names transitioned to Donner and Blitzen. No one can say for sure when exactly it happened.

The debate over who wrote the poem will probably rage on for some time. Given that everyone who would know for sure has been dead for quite some time, it likely will never be solved.

Does it really matter if we've been saying the names all wrong for the better part of two centuries? Not really.

That's the nature of language and traditions. With time, they all change.

Although, it does make one wonder what other holiday traditions we might be getting wrong.