I thought when people said something was adjacent to something they were actually saying "a Jason to" and I always wondered why (I knew what the phrase meant just couldn't understand why it was called that)
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- When I was little, I couldn't understand why people called me a tomBOY, instead of a tomGIRL.— Amanda
- I thought the phrase "At one's disposal" meant you should dispose of the person or thing.— Geirskogul
- I thought being mentally challenged meant you couldn't do any challenges with peopleAnon
- When I was a kid, I wondered why they called it "public hair" when it was so private.Anon
- I used to believe that people from Holland were called "Hollish", like people from Poland are called "Polish"— Sally
- I used to think that boysenberry was poisonberry and couldn't understand whay anyone would want to eat it.Anon