The first time I heard the word "magpie" was in very casual conversation so I wasn't exactly sure what was said. I saw some while in the car with my dad and while pointing them out made the best guess I could at their name. I said "Look at those mudpies." My dad couldn't stop laughing and teased me about it for years even though I was highly embarrassed!
A childhood belief about speaking
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 thought "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" was a somewhat casual manual for astronauts.— Katya
- For the longest time I didn't know that Spinal Tap wasn't a real group. No wonder I couldn't find their music.— Louis
- I used to believe that the dust at the top of doors was highly poisonous and could kill you.Anon