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I used to think that the word ornament was was 'orderment'.

andy

I used to think that it was bad luck to say sweet dreams before someone would go to sleep.

Amy S.

My mum would never let anyone swear around my brothers and me when we were children, and if they did, she'd ask them to apologise to us for it. I learnt to speak very early but had a speech impediment for a few years. One day at pelican crossing, while we were waiting for the lights to change, a large and imposing lady walked up with her dog and ordered it to "SIT!"

Of course I looked up at her from my buggy and told her, "You sould apolodise to me for saying dat."

Daisy K

i used to be convinced that cats were called yaya's and no one could tell me otherwise! no one knows where i picked the word up from i just said it as a baby. i know better now [just]

confuzzled kid

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

Anonymous because I suck

I used to believe that people were "human beans" instead of human beings.

J Jones

Nobody in my family has seen The Exorcist so for the longest time, we all thought "The power of Christ compels you" means that the speaker feels compelled to do good because of Christ. The rest of my family still believes that, and I still haven't seen The Exorcist.

Trisha Gaurav

As a child I confused both my parents by asking what Bee Car Bon It Tee was?
Now I am older I know it as Bicarbonate.

Nick

I used to think there was a verb to misle. "He misled me"

david

i used to think "learning" meant stirring in empty pots and pans with other metallic objects; no idea why. i guess that's what the word "lernen" sounded like to me.

tia

When I was a kid, isntead of "bra" i used to say "Boobytucker" and instead of "hamburger" i used to say "hangaburger" :)

Kay

I used to think that "Rape" and "Cape" were somehow one and the same.

J

When I was younger, I thought that Babylon was pronounced "Baby - lon".

Anon

When I was like 10 I read the word hibiscus and I thought it was pronounced hi-buck-shu-us and asked what it was and eventually my sister read what it really was and they still make fun of me now! :(

Katie Lyn

I used to beieve that "play it by ear" was play it by year.

Alex

When I was in 7th grade I remember reading something or other on organisms with our Life Science, and this Special Ed. girl had just moved into it, and right in the middle of a paragraph she said, 'Most orgasms can move." boy...Mrs.Collins looked suprised at that one!

SillySiggy

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

audnick

I thought Suitcases were Soupcases!

Anon

This one is not mine, it's my oldest daughter's... When she was about two, we were driving somewhere (I think I was taking her to the McDonald's for a treat), and she was very excited, and kept saying, "Look for it, Mommy, look hard...", to which I told her I was looking hard, and asked her if she was looking, and she said yes, but she didn't see the McDonald's. I told her that we would see it soon, and told her, "Keep your eyes peeled, and you'll find it," to which she replied, "But Mommy, I DON'T WANT to peel my eyes! That would hurt reawwy bad!" I laughed so hard I nearly had to pull the car over.

Hannah's Mommy

I used to think loot bags were called loop bags.

Anon