At my primary school we had to take it in turns to read part of a story out of a book, and then we'd go through some of the longer words and say what they meant. During my turn, I came across the word "cupboard". I didn't know that cupboard was spelt like that, so I pronounced it as "cup board". The teacher asked me if I knew what it meant, and I said it was a board that you hung cups on, and that we had one at home. Oh, the shame.
A childhood belief about spelling
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a weegie board was some sort of surf board.— Missa
- I used to believe that boarding school was where people went to play board games.Anon
- I used to think that panthers lived in our cupboard.— entertainer
- I thought if I left the door open too long, a dog would come from the cupboard in the washroom and eat me
Anon - I used to think that in public toilets, the cleaning lady actually lived in the supply cupboard.Anon
- I used to belive that the law was a number of rules on a notice board outside Buckingham Palace.— Nathan Vasey