I used to see the signs for Antiques and thought it was pronounced ANTikews.I don't know at what age I finally made the connection between anTEEKes and Antiques. No wonder I went on to major in English in college! :-)
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to think heirloom plants grew antiques— Honorary intern Hector
- I used to think that even people who spoke something other than English, thought in English— Peaches
- Having seen enough red octagonal STOP signs in my time, I used to look out for green circular GO signs.— Gary
- I thought for some reason that chewing tobacco was REQUIRED for Major League Baseball players.— Jeff
- I used to believe that english was the only real language and all the others were just made up after.Anon
- I thought a major general is more powerful than just a general (which still kind of makes sense to me)— Demond