language: speaking

When my best friend's brother was around 7 or 8, he drove their whole family crazy with his endless chitter chater about anything and everything, so they him that he only had a certain amount of words he could use in his lifetime and if he went over that limit he'd never be able to speak again. Just imagine the stillness that ensued after this episode.

I used to believe that as a Canadian, I spoke English without an accent; that Canadians and most Americans simply did not have an accent and that British, Australians and everyone else had an accent.

Along with this I also believed this lack of an accent made it so that only Canadians and Americans could pretend to have an accent.

I had a large group of girlfriends with whom I walked to and from elementary school. We always walked in the street because on the sidewalk we had to walk in a line (and it was a small town so traffic was minimal). One day I went home and announced to my mom that we were the "street walkers". She cracked up and then suggested that we come up with a different term to describe ourselves. It was many years before I understood why.

i used to think that the term 'necking' referred to boyfriends and girlfriends who rubbed their necks together

When I was young, I'd try to make my mother laugh by telling her jokes. She'd usually roll her eyes and remark dryly, "That's hilarious." So for many years, I believed that "hilarious" meant "not very funny."

I used to think the phrase "point of view" was actually "point of you." Since it sounds so similar, nobody noticed until I was about 12.

I thought it was "all of THE sudden" instead of "all of A sudden." I was like past high school when I found out and I still cannot stop saying it my way! I can't even write it--I use "suddenly" instead!

Because of my sister, I've always been keen on different disabilities that people have. One day at the store we ran into a friend of my mom's who was using a wheelchair. I asked my mom later what she had and I swear she said "voo-kee-oo cremalaptis." It was about a decade later that I realized she had said MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.

I used to believe that LMNOP in the alphabet song was "elemental p" and i didn't understand why it was "elemental" p and what elemental means

Because of Beauty and the Beast, I thought that "provincial" meant "boring" because she sings, "I want much more than this provincial life!".

It also made me think "primeval" meant "prime evil", e.g really bad, because Belle uses that word to describe Gaston.

When I was little I used to believe that if you told a lie, your nose would grow in length.

I used to think that the word pizzazz was something to do with pizza.

When I was little I thought a widow was someone who stares at you through a window

I thought the expression "so funny I forgot to laugh" was literal instead of sarcastic

I thought common as muck was a substance called commoners muck

After being told by my parents or relatives to "behave," I would usually reply: "I am being have."