When I was in grade 2 my french immersion class had to sing "o Canada" in french every morning. I was supposed to sing "Car ton bras sait porter l'épée...." ("because you know how to carry a sword") but i always said "Carton bas et rose, le poupée..." which really means "Low pink carton, the doll.." I never knew why a doll had helped in founding our country. I assumed that the first Canadian flag had been drawn on a big piece of pink carton. I only found out i had been saying it wrong in grade 7.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- When i was little I used to think that if you opened a milk carton on the wrong end you would get arrested— Erin
- I used to believe that I could make a chick hatch from egg carton as long as I kept it warm :)— Stephanie
- i knew that if you ate beets your urine would turn pink and i thought if it was pink, then you could drink it.— JP
- My Sister Once Said That Polly Pocket Was A Real Girl That Got Shrunk To Doll Size And Turned Into A Doll.— Jamie
- I thought pink lemonade came from pink lemons.Anon
- I used to believe that french kiss was something coming from France, and that only the French did it— Sasha