For a worryingly long time (until I was 15) I used to think specific was pronounced Pacific much to everyone’s amusement.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- Maryland was actually a huge amusement park, i.e. Merry-Land, like Disneyland. — Julianne
- I believed God lived in a specific crack in one of the walls of my church — Blake
- i used to believe that 'island' was pronounced 'is-land' instead. I know im not alone on that one! :)
— Da KornMeal - I used to think that New York was pronounced "Yew Nork"Anon
- when i was little i used to think bumble bee was actually pronounced bumbow bee— cathy
- I used to believe that L-M-N-O-P was 1 letter, pronounced elemenopeeAnon