I used to get confused as to the difference between bearing a child and baring a child. Whenever I heard of a mother bearing children, I thought this meant she took off their clothes before bathtime or whatever. Darn those words that sound the same!
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- When I first heard the words "flea market", I actually thought it meant "selling fleas".Anon
- I had tinnitus as a child and used to believe that it was the sound that the devil made when he was closeby— Helen
- I was told as a child that the sound of thunder was from angels bowling in the clouds.— Patty, NY
- When I was a child I used to believe children were being brought by stork.— Matteo
- As a small child I always confused someone being unconcious with someone being dead.— Rick
- I used to think that 'Child Locking' only worked on children and that older people could still open the door.— Anonymous Whistleblower