When I was learning to read, I pronounced "fire" as "fury" and "crocodile" as "croco-DEE-lay".
A childhood belief about reading
others believed things like this
- I used to believe the the Elton John song, "Crocodile Rock" was about a Crocodile, named Rock.Anon
- When I was little and learnign to read, I used to believe that chaos was pronounced "Chaa-Ose."Anon
- When I first started learning to read I was convinced that vowels were called barnacles.— Andy Howell
- I used to read about Lady Penelope and believe that her name was pronounced Penny-lope (lope as in antelope).Anon
- I used to think that the toothfairy was a crocodile.— Jessie
- i used to think that when i was pooping a crocodile could come out of the toilet and bite my butt off.— derek