When I was 7 years old, I was POSITIVE that the word "determine" was correctly pronounced DEETER-mine, and that everyone else just had it wrong!
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- When I was young I used to think that WHSmith was all one word, and was thus pronounced "Wwwhhhhuuusmith"— Nathan
- I used to believe that the word 'circumstances' was pronounced 'circus dancers'.— Mel
- When i first saw the word "Czech" somewhere, i pronounced it "siz-ETCH" in my head — Pachisu
- I used to believe that my choice of pyjamas to wear would determine the following day's weather.— Pyjaman
- I used to think you could go to jail just by saying a word wrong during a speech.Anon
- When I was little i thought lb for pounds was pronounced lubs, and i called them that for 2 years. Anon