I used to believe there was some secret reason about why "clothes" wasn't pronounced "cloth-es" and "shoppe" wasn't pronounced "shop-e." I thought that when I grew up, my parents would sit down and explain these secrets (and others) to me.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- i thought the name Anon, was really a name...pronounced A-Non...haha i figured it out— Norman einstien
- Until very recently, I thought "archives" was pronounced like "are chives".— Mitsuki
- I thought that polystyrene was pronounced 'polly-STEE-LEE-an'.— Polly Stairiin
- When I was little i thought lb for pounds was pronounced lubs, and i called them that for 2 years. Anon
- I thought that Job in the Bible was pronounced "Jawb" and that it had something to do with Steve Jobs.Anon
- i used to believe that 'island' was pronounced 'is-land' instead. I know im not alone on that one! :)
— Da KornMeal