You know how 'a couple' usually means 2, and 'a few' is mopre then that? Well, when I was in first and second grade, i always got them confused, because 'few' sounded like 'two', and i used to argue with the other kids when they tried to tell me different...
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- that the word "couple" as in "a couple of items" was synonymous with "several", rather than "just two".— Blair A. Petterson
- I used to believed that "approximately" actually means "important".Anon
- i used to think that when i turned 5 i would become a boy because 5 sounded like a boy age.Anon
- I, to this day, believe that when I can't sleep at night it means I'm awake in someone else's dreams... — Turner
- I used to think Monserrat sounded like monster rat.Anon
- Pressing on the gas pedal means that your car can do anything...including going up a vertical wall.Anon