when i was wee i used to think union was pronounced like onion, which led to some confusion when seeing the covers of various news magazines during the various strikes and worker problems of the 70's and early 80's
A childhood belief about reading
others believed things like this
- We would drive by UNION BANK here in California and I would say "Onion bank!" My Mom would bust up laughing.— BINGO
- there was a young girl i used to know that would say 'onion' at the end of grace, instead of 'amen'— matt
- When I was a kid I loved to eat onion rings, until I realized that they were made with onions.— Beth Pärssinen
- When I was young, I heard the word 'minion' for the first time and thought it was a miniature onion.— Karin
- There was a Chinese takeaway near us called the Orient Express. I thought it was Onion Press. Yeah.— Spook
- I hated french onion soup so my dad told me that it was banana soup and i lapped it up for years.— AussieMeg