I always had trouble with spelling and reading. I learned all of the rules but that never seemed to help. I was so proud of myself when I learned that "shun" was spelled "tion". So in my mind "otion" definitely spelled ocean.
A childhood belief about spelling
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the rapper Eminem's name was spelled M&M and anyone named Juan was spelled one.Anon
- I used to believe that you spelled "ESSAY" like "SA" and "EASY" like "EZ".— Lauren
- I used to think the raper eminem was spelled M&M.— Rambles
- I used to think "Disney" was spelled D I S N E P. because they'd loop the "y" and it looked like a "p"! — Rebecca Sears
- I believed the book Babar was how my name was spelled.— Barbara
- I thought the name Phillip was actually spelled "Fill Up"— Natasha H