I heard the word "pundit" a lot when my parents watched the news, and figured it must be a type of comedian who used puns all the time. I thought it was short for "pun bandit".
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- When I was young, I heard the word 'minion' for the first time and thought it was a miniature onion.— Karin
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- Since the girls name Jackie is short for Jacqueline, I thought the boys name Jack was short for JackalAnon
- When i heard about Irish Bombers on the news during the 70s i used to think that planes were dropping bombs.— Moose
- For years I heard the word "pedophile" and thought it meant a pedicurist's tool.— Lauren
- When I was little I used to believe that comedian Jerry Lewis and rocker Jerry Lee Lewis were the same person.— Paul