Once, I found a very fascinating book in my mother's book case. I read the summery on the back, and learned the word, "Courtesan", as well as many others(all of which got me into some sticky situations). I reasoned that from the sound of the words and the summary that a courtesan was a female lawyer.
Bursting to show off my new word, I addressed my aunt, who was a lawyer. I...asked her what she did as a courtesan. What happened afterwards was Not Fun.
A childhood belief about reading
others believed things like this
- I used to think that if a lawyer lost his case, he had to go to jail with his client.Anon
- I used to believe when a person was convicted of a crime and sent to prison, his lawyer went to prison, too.— Tara
- I used to believe if you read a book in the dark, you would go blind.— Ellen
- I read in a book that if you ever swallowed toothbrush bristles then you would get appendicitus!— Amy
- I thought the word economical was actually two words: eek and omical.
— Nancy M. - When ever someone said ''read aloud'' I assumed aloud was the title of a book. Lol.— Delaney