When I was four, I was very puzzled when I read the word "know." I knew the word when it was said aloud, but took a LONG time to figure out that they were the same word. I thought it was pronounced "ku-NOW" and that it had something to do with Chinese food!
A childhood belief about reading
others believed things like this
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- When I was young I used to think that WHSmith was all one word, and was thus pronounced "Wwwhhhhuuusmith"— Nathan
- I used to believe that the word 'circumstances' was pronounced 'circus dancers'.— Mel
- When i first saw the word "Czech" somewhere, i pronounced it "siz-ETCH" in my head — Pachisu
- I used to think the word fever was just another word for giraff— Marshall m
- When ever someone said ''read aloud'' I assumed aloud was the title of a book. Lol.— Delaney