until i was about 8 i was convinced that the word chimney was chimley, and had a big argument with my teacher about it, convinced i was right.
A childhood belief about spelling
others believed things like this
- Up until 8th grade or so, I was convinced that I invented the word "Fart"— Jonah
- a friend was convinced that his school was an asylum, and couldn't be convinced otherwiseAnon
- When I was 8, I was convinced the Daleks were going to come out from under my bed and get me!— Whaddupwho
- My sister convinced me that rain was God's pee.— Scott
- When I was a kid I was convinced that the world would end by a nucleur explosion. — Marshall M
- I was convinced that Indians had dug the Grand Canyon.— Tom Sackett