I used to think the words to "Amazing Grace" were "that saved a wrench like me" instead of "that saved a wretch like me". I wasn't quite sure what it meant to be a wrench and I didn't figure out the real words until my mom told me - after I'd sung the wrong words solo in front of my grandparents!
A childhood belief about hymns
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that all languages were just jiberish and I asked my mom why they didn't use real words.Anon
- I used to believe that all four-letter words are bad words.Anon
- I thought that the Allen wrench was named after an actor from Home Improvement, Tim Allen.— Jorge
- When I first heard the words "flea market", I actually thought it meant "selling fleas".Anon
- My mom used to say that if I said bad words, poop would appear in my mouth— Nina
- I thought "prison" and "prism" are the same words as each other.Anon