language: speaking

I used to think the phrase "throwing caution to the wind" was "throwing cosh into the wind." Whatever cosh was. I think i thought it was some kind of grain.. a type of couscous maybe.

For a while I thought that volcano was ballcano - which seemed feasible seeing as they chucked out great balls of fire.

When I was very little, I couldn't understand what the grown-ups were always talking about. I hadn't learned to speak properly yet.
I remember thinking back then: "Oh no, do I have to learn that awfull dificult language one day?", or something of that kind.
Looking back on it, it was kinda funny, since I work with languages now.
:-)

I used to believe there were only three directions: north, south, eastnwest. I would argue with my mother when she tried to tell me that east and west were two separate directions,"But my teacher SAID!"

Back in the day, we used to refer to losing a game as getting "creamed." Unfortunately, I got it in my head that losing really badly was to get "cremated." So I would run around yelling "OOOH, you guys just got cremated."

When growing up in New Orleans I remember my parents saying the "Surgeon Water Board"....I didn't realize until I was an adult and actually looked at a man whole cover that it was the Sewerage and Water Board....well they have the Surgeon General of the U.S. right?

My parents used to say, "six of one, a half dozen of the other." They said it so fast that for many years I thought they were saying, "Sixty-one, a half dozen, or another."

When I was very young I believed that,like a record,everyone only had a fixed amount of verbal communication and would no longer be able to speak.Thats why Im typing this.

When I was in 6th grade, we were learning about organisms in science class. I asked my brother, who was 2 years older then me, if orgasm was plural for organism. He chuckled and told me to ask our mom. I did, and boy was I mortified when she started telling me what an orgasm was!! (And mad at my brother for knowing the answer and just wanting to see me squirm in front of mom!!)

I used to get common phrases confused because I would only hear them not see them in written form. Examples: Vericose Veins, I thought they were Verycold Veins. I thought War and Peace was the name of the author (Warren Peace). I thought Off the beaten path was Off the beat and path.

I used to think remote control cars were actually called remo-contro cars. maybe because people were saying it too fast.

For me, the word "skeletons" has always been pronounced "skalingtons".

I used to take grammar a little to seriously in my fervour to learn of speech. Convinced of my brilliant intellect, and chuffed with being able to figure it out for myself, I often came out with comments like "That's a good you-dea", and "Open sesa-you"...

When I was little, I was once told 'Behave!' (as all kids are from time to time) My response was: 'I'm having!' (have-ing)

I used to think people spoke word balloons like in comic books, and adults' word balloons were in cursive handwriting.

When I was little, I didn't really understand echoes. My back yard faced a mountain, so I could shout and a second or two later, I would hear the echo. I used to believe that there was another little boy out there shouting back at me. I would get mad because I used to think he was repeating everything I said just to get on my nerves. I would spend several minutes marching back and forth across my back yard arguing with myself...