At my elementary school we routinely sang "O Columbia, the gem of the ocean." I heard this as "Columbia, the jam of the ocean." I understood this to mean that America had got in Columbus' way when he tried to get to India. Sort of like a traffic jam.
A childhood belief about spelling
others believed things like this
- That the District of Columbia was an island in the Carribean. I believed this until I was about 19 yrs old. Anon
- I used to think that the song "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" was really "My Body Lies Over the Ocean."Anon
- I used to believe that somebody turned the ocean waves off at night.— David
- i didnt knew it rained over the ocean...Anon
- I used to believe that there was an off switch to the ocean so that it could go to sleep at night.Anon
- At the ocean's horizon there was a giant waterfall.— Stephanie