I used to believe that the abbreviation for pounds was pronounced "labs", and that the abbreviation for ounces was pronounced "Oz" (like the Wizard of Oz)
A childhood belief about counting
others believed things like this
- I used to think that the abbreviation lb (for pounds) stood for Lilla-blams (like Kilograms)— Jake
- When I was little i thought lb for pounds was pronounced lubs, and i called them that for 2 years. Anon
- i used to believe that 'island' was pronounced 'is-land' instead. I know im not alone on that one! :)
— Da KornMeal - I used to think that New York was pronounced "Yew Nork"Anon
- when i was little i used to think bumble bee was actually pronounced bumbow bee— cathy
- I used to believe that L-M-N-O-P was 1 letter, pronounced elemenopeeAnon