spelling

I used to believe the word shoes was spelled shouse. It looked right to me...

Shouse

I used to think that the word creative was always associated with crayons, because of the artistic 'cr' sound in both words.

Anon

When I was a little kid there was a short on Sesame Street about the letter G. At the end the guy said something like "and G also stands for (starts cracking up) Giggle! (bursts out laughing)". For the longest time, I misheard "giggle" as "eagle" and didn't get why he said that, as even as a kid I knew that was wrong, or what was supposedly so funny.

Geagle

I used to think monk was short for monkey.

Anon

I used to think that letters each had their own personalities, and that the small letters were baby versions of big letters. A was a girl, and B was a boy for some reason. Q was an O that had a penis. My child imagination was really strange!

Anon

When I was little I already knew how to read, and was incapable of talking without spelling out the words in my head (and still am). So, naturally, I thought 'tongue' was spelled T-U-N-G. Then when I was asked to read a book at the library to the other children, I pronounced 'tongue' like "tung-yoo", then the lady corrected me and said "Tongue."

Trisha Gaurav

I used to think that the word "palindrome" was a palindrome!

Someone

I had never seen a Play-Doh box, so I used to believe "Play-Doh" was spelled "plato".

Trisha Gaurav

I used to think that heater was spelled "header"(which i didn't know was pronounced hedder)

Olivia

I used to think that there was a letter called elemento P, because in the alphabet song they sing "H-I-J-K-elemento P", and i wondered what "elemento" meant!

Anon

I used to think that there were 2 N's in the alphabet (X, Y, N, Z) and i wondered why they did that. A few years later, i discovered they said "and" not "N"

Aaron

I used to think that earwigs were a type of toupee that you wear behind your ears.

Elise

I used to believe that 'musician' and 'magician' were the same words. I honestly could not tell the difference. Maybe a part of me knew that music was magical.

Natalie

I used to believe that the word believe was spelled beleive

Anon

Not knowing the word "yield" as a child, I initially thought this was how one spelled "y'all". I figured the signs on the road were put there by the city to be welcoming to tourists, though it seemed like a poor strategy to me personally.

Anon