I would always get words mixed up, and two I still have problems with today are Mushroom and Marshmallow, and Sleeping Bag and Suitcase. I always need to think, Okay I need to pack my sleep...Suitcase.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I was told that if you sleep on your back you swallow your tongue...I have been sleeping on my side ever since— scotty la
- I used to believe that if you stepped on a mushroom it would rain. Anon
- I used to think if a tornado sucked up a poisonous mushroom, it would die.— Will
- My brother used to tell me that the squidgy bits in mushroom soup were owl guts!— Kirsten
- My sister believed the pork in pork and beans was marshmallow...and would always "fight" us for it.Anon
- I used to believe, driving in front of all the other cars on the highway, Knight Rider was leading the pack.— Michael Kolassa