Whenever I went to the department store with my mom and saw the heading "lingerie" I thought you pronounced it leangeree. So when I found some fancy undergarments in my moms drawers I asked her why she had leangeree and if it was for a fancy dance. I don't think she ever knew what I was talking about...
A childhood belief about spelling
others believed things like this
- I got the 1990s and 1900s mixed up, so I thought people wore that fancy old-fashioned garb in the 1990's.Anon
- When I was a kid I found it hard to say "Sebastian". I always pronounced it "Sebastican". — Dave, Lancashire
- I thought that soccer moms were moms that played soccer!Anon
- That people older than me knew what they were talking about.— Mark
- I used to believe that the short display beds at department stores were for dwarfs.— p
- the dance settee seems to be very popular... I'm another one who thought of Jesus dancing on a sofa....Anon