There's this street near where I live called Fuqua (pronounced fyu-KWAY). My sister thought it was called FUCK-wa for the longest time.
A childhood belief about in the street
others believed things like this
- When I was little i thought lb for pounds was pronounced lubs, and i called them that for 2 years. Anon
- I believed that the breed of dog called Boxer was called that because they could stand up and box.Anon
- my sister and i used to think sideburns were called "hash browns."— ginny
- When I was little - before we learned cursive - my sister and I called it 'real writing'. — Monty
- I used to believe that people from Holland were called "Hollish", like people from Poland are called "Polish"— Sally
- I used to think that adult kangaroos were called Kangas and that child kangaroos were called Roos. Anon