When I was 4 a Sunday school teacher told me I had to "apologize" to another student for something, except I did not know what that word meant. I thought she said polish your eyes, and that it was slang for "you must now cry" or something. So I started crying and rubbing my eyes. She asked me what was wrong, and I said I didn't know what the word meant. She explained that it meant to say sorry, which I promptly did.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- When my mom would say that my eyes were bigger than my stomach I thought she meant it literally.— Amanda
- I used to believe that "nuptial" was a naughty word. I thought it meant nipple. XD— Sara Hagen
- For years I heard the word "pedophile" and thought it meant a pedicurist's tool.— Lauren
- my husband believed, until recently, that the word "several" meant seven of something. — sheryl
- I thought that a "student visa" meant to use a credit card while travelling.Anon
- i used to think the word "friendship" meant a special kind of rocketship that you went on with your friends.— chips ahoy!