For years I heard the word "ostentatious" and thought it was some dialectical pronunciation of "Austin, Texas".
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- For years I heard the word "pedophile" and thought it meant a pedicurist's tool.— Lauren
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- When I was young, I heard the word 'minion' for the first time and thought it was a miniature onion.— Karin
- I used to believe that the maps for the United States and Texas were identical.— JTexas
- When i lived in texas i believed the UPS guys were Santa Clause— Lauren
- I fully believed, up until about 6 years old, that the word 'accident' was a noun that meant 'burnt toast'.— Karl Goetz