I used to be in a class with a girl whose last name was Lurdet. I kept mishearing it as Lordette and thought that a lordette was the female version of a lord.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to think that the female version of a Squire was a Squirelle — Kid wow
- I used to believe that a 'wolverine' was the girl version of a wolf. — Jelly
- I remember a girl in my kindergarten class told me she wanted to be a waterfall when she grew up.Anon
- I used to think that to desex an animal meant to turn it from a male to a female or female to male.— Phil
- I used to believe all dogs were male and all cats were female. I still call dogs "boy" and cats "girl." — Kelly F.
- We had a male cat that wasn't neutered. I thought his testicles were just the cat version of a butt.— Robyn