I used to have a stuffed globe I used as a pillow when I was first learning to read. Phonetically sounding out the countries, I used to believe that Niger and Nigeria, were pronounced with a hard G, and proudly announced their names to my mother as Nigger and Niggeria. She VERY quickly corrected me.
A childhood belief about nationalities
others believed things like this
- When I was a kid I found it hard to say "Sebastian". I always pronounced it "Sebastican". — Dave, Lancashire
- When I was little and learnign to read, I used to believe that chaos was pronounced "Chaa-Ose."Anon
- When I first started learning to read I was convinced that vowels were called barnacles.— Andy Howell
- I used to read about Lady Penelope and believe that her name was pronounced Penny-lope (lope as in antelope).Anon
- When my dad was young,he used to believe that the lines on a globe were on the world itself.— LINE MACHINES!
- I used to think that we lived in a gigantic snow globe.Anon