We lived in Texas, and my Mom was from PEI, Canada. When people would ask, "Why don't you drive to Prince Edward Island, instead of flying? My father would reply you HAVE to fly up to the Island.
I thought the adults were incredibly stupid because Canada was obviously the roof of the United States and you flew up like taking an elevator.
What my Dad really meant was he wasn't going to wait hours even days to take the ferry across to the Island. Not to mention Sis and I nearly killed each other in the car on trips from Houston to Kerrville. Even after the Confederation Bridge, Dad had no desire to drive from Texas to PEI.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
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- I used to think that Alaska was an island!— Draqula
- i used to believe that 'island' was pronounced 'is-land' instead. I know im not alone on that one! :)
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- I used to believe that Ireland was called that because it really is an island!Anon
- That the District of Columbia was an island in the Carribean. I believed this until I was about 19 yrs old. Anon