In french, water is "eau" and bone is "os".
And theirs words are pronounced the same way.
So I used to believe when a woman's waters break it was actually her bones !
When I said it to my mother, she laughted and... I cried.
Actually, I think I was a special little boy.
A childhood belief about chemistry
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that a sign in a cafe bone-fide meal meant meat with a bone in it— roy
- I used to believe that french kiss was something coming from France, and that only the French did it— Sasha
- I used to think that you had to be french to really taste french fries.— Not French;)
- I used to believe that my leg has only one bone Anon
- i used to believe that the rag and bone man would come and take me away if i wasn't well behaved— ambrosez
- when you sit by a fire it can dry up you bone marrow— debbie