When I was really little, like 4-5, I thought that any word that ended in an -ie sound was a nickname for a longer word. So when I heard 'panties' I thought for sure that had to be short for something, and I assumed it was 'pantanes.' I think I called underwear 'pantanes' for years! LOL
A childhood belief about in my closet
others believed things like this
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- For years I heard the word "pedophile" and thought it meant a pedicurist's tool.— Lauren
- When I was young, I heard the word 'minion' for the first time and thought it was a miniature onion.— Karin
- I used to think the word fever was just another word for giraff— Marshall m
- Up until I was 10 or 11, I thought the word anonymous was 'annoymous'.Anon
- I thought all you had to do to speak Russian was add -ski to the end of every word!— nateski