I used to read the sign outside of convenient stores or gas stations that said "no loitering." I didn't know what loitering meant and would always laugh to myself because I thought that the people who made the sign spelled littering wrong.
A childhood belief about spelling
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a "No Loitering" sign was "No Littering", inexplicably spelled with a Brooklyn accent.— erin
- When I used to see a sign saying "Littering Fine" I thought they meant if you littered REAL GOOD!— Lou V.
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon
- A billboard sign read: Moonshine kills.
I thought being caught outside by the moon would kill me. Humph.Anon - I thought that the sign "!" meant: "look at the wonderful landscape"— Giorgos