When Nirvana's Nevermind first came out, my sister and I used to joke about the last word repeated by Kurt in Smells Like Teen Spirit - not knowing the correct phrase (a denial), and knowing a little Ukrainian, we assumed (naturally) that he had to be saying "Ya Ne Znayoo" or "I don't know"
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to think that an imbecile was some type of seal, before knowing that it meant someone stupid.Anon
- Since he had fought in WWII, I naturally assumed my grandfather had killed Hitler himself.Anon
- in kindergarden i beleived that to be a teenager your name had to end with teen— eric
- I used to think an evil spirit type thing called Wango lived in my dog. I was terrified of that dog.— Franklin
- I swear I heard a Disney Channel/Radio Disney song where the chorus was a repeated “Damn it”— SpengBab
- i thought that the phrase "jet lag" was actually "jet leg" until i was 17...— truffles