Childhood misconseptions

[Caligastia]

Whenever I would speak to someone with an american accent I would feel like I was talking to a movie person because I saw so many american movies and TV shows.

[- Groucho -]

I thought "pseudo" was pronounced "suede-o". Provided no end of amusement to my 12 y.o. friends when we were playing D&D and I announced that their party was attacked by "suede-o" dragons.

My mom once told me that all liquids contained water (I'm sure she was thinking milk, OJ etc.). That completely confused me for the first few years of science because I couldn't understand how mercury could both be an element and have water in it.

[HisMajestyBOB]

I thought that Russia/USSR and Asia were the same thing (they're all godless commie scum )

I also thought that the world on the maps was only one half of the world and the other half was totally different. .

[Playa del Carmen]

Originally posted by HisMajestyBOB
I also thought that the world on the maps was only one half of the world and the other half was totally different. .

I did the exact same thing!!!

I was looking at a map once and I asked my dad, "What's on the other side of the world?" He said, "What do you think?"

I said, "I don't know!"

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by Sandman
Thinking Britain won WW1 and WW2 all by itself.

That's more than a misconception, its downright delusional.

[Jaguar]

I wondered how england ever won WWII. I mean, Galahad couldn't have been that good at fighting.

I thought that there were two types of people: people who bought things, and people who ran stores.

I thought that oral sex was lik phone-sex sorta. Of course, I didn't know what sex was either.

That's all I can remember now.

Wait, oh yea. The concept of "The Great Depression" totally failed me.

[Ramo]

I tend to read words before hearing them, so I've mispronounced plenty of words. For instance:
heretic (pronouned as "her" "et" as in get "ic")
nostalgia (for some odd reason, I thought it sounded like "nausea")

Also, God.

[self biased]

i thought that my teachers were pod people, and that they had their pods in the school, which they went back to afterwards. it never occured to me until 3rd grade when at a family reunion i saw one of my teachers... it was quite bewildering.

[David Floyd]

I used to think masturbation caused acne and was morally wrong

Yup, I win the misconception contest I think

[Provost Harrison]

Re: Childhood misconseptions

Originally posted by Playa del Carmen
I was convinced Chicago was California...

Funnily enough when I was a very young child I used to think Los Angeles was a big destructive robot Apart from that, none I can think of, I was always a bright kid

[Inverse Icarus]

"blood is blue". morons.

[Jethro83]

I used to think that products sold at supermarkets were made on site out in the back room.

I used to think a $2 coin (Australian) was the seed of a "money tree".

Apart from that, I can't say I remember any other misconceptions.

[Spiffor]

I thought India was a not-so-big island one could see from Britanny's shores
I thought people were statues before they were born, and their statue form determined if they were adult or children.
The same kind of thing : I thought there were two sizes of toilet paper rolls : big and meager.
I thought the US was a country only with cowboys and natives in. I was very surprised when I learned there were cars in the US
I thought I had to be a commie to earn free bread when I'll get homeless
I then believed in capitalism (I really was stupid)

[Al B. Sure!]

Ramo:

How is Heretic pronounced then?!


Echinda:

Same... How is pseudo pronounced?!


Jaguar Warrior:

I thought oral sex was phone sex too... I mean the word oral usually has to do with talking (ie- orator, oration, oral report, etc.)


I thought that when Lincoln freed the slaves, all the white people decided to leave America and return to Europe but the black people wanted to stay and thats why there's more black people in America. (I grew up in a predominantly black area)

I thought that the sun followed you. I thought that when you got change back, it was the store paying you for buying their product.


thanks

[Asher]

Originally posted by Albert Speer
I thought that when Lincoln freed the slaves, all the white people decided to leave America and return to Europe but the black people wanted to stay and thats why there's more black people in America. (I grew up in a predominantly black area)

I thought that the sun followed you. I thought that when you got change back, it was the store paying you for buying their product.


thanks