As a young elementary-school student I thought you pronounced POLAND (the nation) as Pah-land (short O sound). To this day my father still ribs me about this.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- My cousin thought ribs at restaurants were people ribs.Anon
- I used to believe when I was young that Poland was made entirely of candy.— Jenn
- i used to believe that 'island' was pronounced 'is-land' instead. I know im not alone on that one! :)
— Da KornMeal - When I was in elementary school nuns cam to our school. I thought that 'nun' meant they had no religion.Anon
- When I was in elementary school I use to think that teacher lived at school at their desks all year long.Anon
- One of my friends in elementary school thought that Osama bin Laden was "a son of Aladdin". Anon