My hometown is called Nuneaton. Up until about eight years old I always thought is was 'The Neaton'. I only realised otherwise when I entered a colouring competition and had to submit my address, asking my parents how to spell 'The Neaton'.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- When my sister told one of my brothers her e-mail address, he thought to spell out “at” instead of typing “@”.— EJ - no longer computer illiterate!
- I used to believe that the Gettysburg Address was the mailing address of the White House.Anon
- I used to think that 7-Up was called "Zup" until I realised the "Z" was actually a Seven!— Vic
- I used to think that the pools was a swimming competition.— Matt
- I thought that Boxing Day had something to do with boxing, like watching a global boxing competition.Anon
- I used to think being on holiday meant that you were moving house temporarily, like with a change of address.Anon