When I was little, I thought the phrase in t.v. commercials "brought to you by" was one big word, "broughtoyoduby" meaning they would bring it to you if you buy it.
A childhood belief about adverts

others believed things like this
- whenever the tv announcer said "brought to you", I thought it was one word - "brotue".Anon
- i thought that the phrase "jet lag" was actually "jet leg" until i was 17...— truffles
- I thought the phrase "At one's disposal" meant you should dispose of the person or thing.— Geirskogul
- When I was younger I thought that if I ate Gusher's, my head would turn into fruit, like in the commercialsAnon
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- that song that goes *bring me a higher love*
i thought it said *breathing in iron lung*— oi