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I was staying over at a friends house one night and while we were lying in the bunk beds he would be able to fart whenever he wanted to. I asked him how he did it and he said 'Tricular'. For the next couple of years, everytime I farted in front of people I would say 'Tricular' and smile at them. One day when I farted in front of the same friend who had told me the word, he asked me what I was saying. He then told me he had said not 'Tricular' but 'Trick you learn' I felt the last couple of years of embarassment rush into me.

spon000

Y'know, tiger eye jewelry is really misleading and cruel to those who don't know what it really is. And don't get me started on artichoke hearts.

Anon

When I was a child, I used to believe that at the end of game shows, they were giving the losing guest "partying gifts." I recently made a comment on this to my husband, and he informed me that the losers did not get "partying gifts", but rather parting gifts

angie

I used to believe that 'blanket' was pronounced 'blanklet' until I was about 10, I was very embarassed when my mum finally told be the correct pronounciation.

Ness R.

when I was about 5 years old, I entered a coloring contest. The prize was a pitcher of coke, I thought it was a picture of a coke bottle. Boy was disappointed.

maegan

I used to believe that when people couldn't hear that they were "death" not deaf!

audnick

When I would hear the phrase "gag order" on tv, I pictured people gagging when they tried to speak about the thing they were ordered not to speak about.

Sheena

My family went on vacation to Hawaii and we went to Pearl Harbor to do the tourist thing. They were refinishing an exhibit out doors and there was a sign that said "PLEASE WATCH FOR FLYING DEBRIS." My brother says, "what's flying DEB-ris (pronounced as it looks) and my dad says, "they are part of the Flying Wallindas." Dorks :)

never mind

My sister used to pronounce demolish as de-lom-ish.

Anonymous because I suck

When I was younger, I knew nothing about accents and thought that when someone talked with one, they had gotten into a car accident. One day when my mom's friend who had an accent came over, I said to her "I'm sorry about your accident, but I like your voice!"

Allison

This happened to my brother. He used to call everyone "maggot" as a rude term to get a rise out of people. It was many years later he found out that when he thought he was calling people a racist term, he was really calling them a form of larvae.

Lee Scott

When i would explain an action by saying"well, I THOUGHT......:, dad would reply "you know what thought did, uh uh in her pants" . I thought he said "you know what "dot" did" which is my aunts name. I was left with the impression that my aunt had a bowel control problem for a long time.

deedle

whenever i would ask my dad where is was going, hed answer "crazy, wanna come"? For the longet time i thought he said "Gracies" and couldn't figure out why my mom was letting him go to another woman"s house.

deedle

When I was little I didn't know what the word 'determined' meant and always pronounced it 'dettermind.' It took me ages to realise what it meant and how it was really supposed to be pronounced. How embarrassing!

Nicky

I used to get lesbians and leprechauns mixed up.

Anon

When I was little, I did a lot of reading on my own. If I had read the word incorectly or pronounced it as it had looked, I became stuck with that word in my language. When I took my first human origins class in college, I asked my professor whether or not it was the "Oran-goo-tens" that made nests up in the trees....I was nineteen years old!!!

Anon

When i was little, i thought that pig latin came from pigs. I was so frightned to eat bacon afterwords :S

Juber