Before I could read, I would play with my mother's typewriter. I understood the concept that letters formed words but thought that ANY combination of letters would spell out a word. I would type a jumble of letters, take the paper out of the typewriter, and handing it to my parents, ask them what it said. Of course, I always spelt out something very profound.
A childhood belief about spelling
others believed things like this
- From the first six letters of this word, I thought that “megalomania” had something to do with megalodons.— Enrico
- I used to think "Zed" and "Zee" were two different letters.Anon
- I used to believe that translating from language into language was only a matter of changing letters ! :) — EwS
- I used to believe that, in a deep and profound kind of way, the words "door knob" rhymed with "said so". — Katie
- when my friend was little, she used to eat paper, thinking it would make her read better.— hehehe
- I thought the word economical was actually two words: eek and omical.
— Nancy M.