I used to think that 'approximately' meant exactly, so, for example, I would describe something as 'approximately 3.2cm' with a clear emphasis on the first syllable to enhance the exactness. This went on into my early twenties I think...
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to believed that "approximately" actually means "important".Anon
- i used to think stigmata meant the really clear, white sunbeams that you could see reaching down to the earth.— lora
- I used to say " The ghost is clear!" Instead of "The coast is clear"— Jake
- I thought that kids' pee was yellow and adults' pee was clear.— Aretia
- When listening to the radio in the mornings I felt sorry for singers they had to come and sing that early. — Tereza
- my friend, up untill she was in her early 20s thought that if you drank gatorade you would sweat in colorAnon