I once saw the phrase "infrared light" in a physics book I had. I thought the light has been infrared, as if "to infrare" (pronounce inf-rare) was a verb.
A childhood belief about reading
others believed things like this
- I thought 'infrared' was the past of 'to infrare'.
— Lloyd B - In "God Bless America" I thought it was "With the light from a bulb" instead of "from above."— Carol
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I always thought the song Blinded by the light went "Wrapped up like a dousche, another runner in the night"— Dawn
- I used to believe there was a newsreader inside the radio where the light was!!— Christine
- Whenever I went to bed, I use to believe that when i flicked my light on and off I would signal aliens. — Laura.