language

I used to believe…

One of my brothers thought that everybody thought in English and that people who spoke different languages had to translate the words in thier heads and spoke in a different language because it sounded "cool."

I used to believe…

In primary school, my best friend's older sister told her that the word 'yellow' could also be correctly pronounced 'lellow'. She went around saying the word 'lellow' so much that it became really annoying. I had a huge row with her about it, so we decided to have a vote amongst our other friends. They all decided that 'lellow' was in fact the correct pronounciation, and we all went around saying 'lellow' instead of 'yellow' for the rest of primary.

i used to believe that every1 in the world knew every single word and that we just hadnt heard them all yet, but that wen we did we instantly knew wat they meant..... It took a few missused words to discover that this wasnt quite true

I used to believe…

When I was about 10, apparently inspired by all the family television I used to watch I suggested that my dad and my brother should have some "father-son bondage time." After a good laugh my parents explained (vaguely) the fine difference between bonding and bondage. I was so shocked that for years I avoided using either word for fear I would use the wrong one.

I used to believe…

When my youngest sister was a toddler, my grandmother and I were watching her play. My grandmother said, "That Jodi is priceless, isn't she?" I didn't know what priceless meant. I thought my grandmother was saying Jodi wasn't worth anything.

By the way, when I read others people's beliefs, I laugh so hard, I have to be careful not to cry over my keyboard and get it wet!

I used to believe…

until i was about 8 i was convinced that the word chimney was chimley, and had a big argument with my teacher about it, convinced i was right.

I had just moved to Australia from Zimbabwe, and was asked by a girl in my class for a thesaurus..
Since i didn't know what a thesaurus was, i questioned her.. She informed me that a thesaurus was a dinosaur eraser - it was occured to me years later..

Why would anyone want a dinosaur rubber???

I used to believe…

When I was little I understood that there were certain secret words that you were never ever supposed to say, & that some of them are worse than others-- so even after I had learned all of the actual swears, I figured there must be some left that I had never heard, that were even worse, that I would learn when I got older. I was disappointed when I found out that fuck and shit and so forth are all there is. Sometimes I still hope that there really are more swears for me to learn, but you're not allowed to learn them until you're 40 years old (like the Kabbalah)!

I used to believe…

When I was small I used to believe that if a books cover was facing up when put down, the characters would come out of the book. Once I read a book on vampires and my cat was with me so I thought my cat was waiting for me to go to sleep before it could bite me. I didnt sleep in my room for a couple of days because I though the characters were still roaming around.

I used to believe…

When I was in primary school, we used to do this little rhyme where we said, "Silence in the courtyard, silence in the street, the biggest twit in England is just about to speak - starting from now." One time I said this little rhyme, but instead of saying 'twit' I said 'twat' because I thought they meant the same thing and were equally rude. Twit isn't a very rude word, so I assumed that twat wasn't either. So the little boy, Tim, who had spoken and been crowned the biggest twat in England, by me, went mooching to the teacher and went "She said I was the biggest twat." and I got severely told off. *blush*

I used to believe…

When I was little my mom told me that if you said the "f word" a curse would be put on you. She also told me that when people say the "f word" it means that whoever you say it to, you want to put a curse on them. Yeah, weird... However, I was scared of saying the "f word", but when I was eleven everyone was saying it and nobody died, so I figured it was a lie.

I used to believe…

When I was 6 or so, I'd both heard the word 'ceramic', referring to figurines, for instance, and I'd read it in books. But somehow I never made the connection that they were the same thing, and I thought the written word was pronounced 'creamic'.

I used to believe…

This is just someting funny my grandma did. We had a person almost drown in a pond by our house and my uncle pulled them out and gave artifical respiration. My grandma was so proud she told everyone that her son did 'artifical insemonation'. Only after the rumor had spread did we finally cath what she was telling everyone!

I used to believe…

Not one of my own, but...

Some friends of mine had their 4-year-old son tell them that he thought their cat was "a good looker". They wondered where he had picked up this expression. But it turned out to be something he'd just made up, and all he meant was that the cat was very observant.

I used to believe that everybody thought in English but it just came out differant.

I used to believe…

when i was about 8 my sis told me what adore meant. later she also told what horney meant. i was telling my mum how much i adore her, but one day i said "mum i horney you" she just said "oh"