I used to think that a few meant the same thing as a couple. Those two were also the same as a dozen. So my dad often got mad at me for that!
A childhood belief about counting
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 thought that exorcise and exercise both meant the same thing— Dobby Bob
- I thought the phrase "At one's disposal" meant you should dispose of the person or thing.— Geirskogul
- I thought “guerrilla tactics” meant fighting like a gorilla— beating your chest and that sort of thing.— Kai
- I used to think that Legal and Illegal meant the same thing (illegal)— Dhruv
- i used to believe that sex meant love and that having sex meant the two people would live happily ever after.— amy