My mum told me a pratt was a camel's bottom, and that one buttock cheek was called a nate. This caused much hilarity with the late 70s advert "Coffee tastes nicer with Coffee Mate", which of course we converted to 'nate'.
A childhood belief about swearing
others believed things like this
- When I was little my dad told me that if you drank too much coffee it would make your skin turn black. Anon
- I used to believe that coffee was tea with milk in it.Anon
- I used to think it was illegal for children to drink coffee— C.W.
- I thought you could get toffee from mixing tea and coffee.Anon
- I used to believe that the term "being mugged" meant someone beat someone else with a coffee mug.— Matt Thiel
- until 12 yo i thought buying and drinking coffee was illegal when you were under 18:) — smarty