Childhood misunderstandings

[subaqua]

I'd heard ''mizzled'' used as a word as a kid - I thought of it as a local word and it was ages before I realised where it came from.

I still have to think how ''awry'' is pronounced, probably because I'd seen it written but never heard it pronounced. I went for ''awri'' with the stress on the ''aw''

And ''emnity'' is a word that got stuck in my mind when I first saw it. I don't know whether I misread it or whether it was a misprint.

A word kids seemed to get collectively wrong is ''circumstised.''

reminds me of the joke about the circumcision Doctor with the shakes, he slipped and got the sack.

 

[Hardrock93]

As a very young kid, I was convinced it was the action of trees waving about that made the wind blow.

Looking back, I must have been a worry to my young parents. One day my dad pointed to some wooden electricity poles with overhead mains cable strung between them and informed me they were soon going to run the cables underground. My first thought was of how deep the trench would have to be to bury the poles.

 

[swee'pea99]

From countless Nativity plays for many years I thought the angel of the Lord was called Lo.

My Dad told me he thought as a kid that the hymn was about a cross-eyed bear called Gladly.

 

[MossCommuter]

My Dad told me he thought as a kid that the hymn was about a cross-eyed bear called Gladly.

Not forgetting the portly star of "Silent Night"... Round John Virgin

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Back when Thomas the tank engine was orignal(none of this and friends balls) I apparantly confused wagons full of china clay for "tyna tay" It was only on my 21st birthday people figure out what I was talking about.

The last bit is a joke

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

A word kids seemed to get collectively wrong is ''circumstised.''

'After discovering Australia, Captain Cook went on to circumcise the globe...'


When I was young, I thought that drinking Long Life Milk would make you live longer. It seemed utterly typical to me that my family never had any.

 

[Andy_R]

I used to worry about snakes coming up the toilet. Strange.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I used to worry about snakes coming up the toilet. Strange.

I used to worry about getting flushed down the toilet, and getting stuck halfway down, especially head first, so my legs would be dangling out the top

Also, someone once told me that, after having smoked umpteen cigarettes for umpteen years, their Gran's lungs burst out of their body. I believed that (with increasing levels of scepticism I hasten to add) for years, until I told a bunch of student doctors, who just looked at me as if I had farted in their face
They must have pissed themselves with laughter later on

I also used to pronounce bag 'bayg', distance as 'Dindance' and I thought that 'Just just now' was a real word. Justjustnow.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Mrs Rocky used to worry about poisonous spiders hiding under the loo seat. But given that she grew up in Australia, it was a reasonable fear.

I remember reading a Horrible Histories book once about a King in the 11th century who was killed after his 'ASSassin' hid in the latrine pit (which was covered with one of those wooden seats with the holes in) and then shoved a large spike up the King's bum, killing him all but instantly.

Where was I reading this at the time?? Yep, you've guessed it. On the loo!

 

[Arjimlad]

I had many biology lessons before getting the distinction between orgasm & organism sorted out.

 

[gavintc]

When I was very young, I apparently asked my Mum why was the garden wet every morning. She said it was the dew. I misunderstood and asked why the Jews sprinkled water every night. Every so often, this little story is trotted out by Mum.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I had many biology lessons before getting the distinction between orgasm & organism sorted out.

I at one point thought that Virginity was some sort of descriptive term for a ladies.... um... bits. I only heard it being said at the time, so I didn't realise there was no 'a' in the spelling, although I can't remember what I thought of the 'r' sound



I also wonder how many people out there thought that a Penal Colony was for Sex Offenders?

 

[slowmotion]

Nativity play.

King #1... " I bring gold"
King #2... " I bring myrrh"
King #3... " Frank sent me"

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Nativity play.

King #1... " I bring gold"
King #2... " I bring myrrh"
King #3... " Frank sent me"

Coal, Manure and Frankenstein.

 

[citybabe]

The song Poetry In Motion... I always thought he sang Oh A Tree In Motion