when i was little around 6-7 years old, i used to read alot. but 2 words i distinctly remember messing up were Foreign( i used to think it was pronounced Foureean) and Hoax(which i thought was pronounced Ho-Axe)
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- When I was little and learnign to read, I used to believe that chaos was pronounced "Chaa-Ose."Anon
- When I was little i thought lb for pounds was pronounced lubs, and i called them that for 2 years. Anon
- I used to read about Lady Penelope and believe that her name was pronounced Penny-lope (lope as in antelope).Anon
- i thought the name Anon, was really a name...pronounced A-Non...haha i figured it out— Norman einstien
- Until very recently, I thought "archives" was pronounced like "are chives".— Mitsuki
- I thought that polystyrene was pronounced 'polly-STEE-LEE-an'.— Polly Stairiin