27-04-2002 02:28									#31
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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.

	27-04-2002 02:38									#32
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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.

	27-04-2002 02:41									#33
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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. .

	27-04-2002 03:24									#34
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quote: 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!"

	27-04-2002 03:29									#35
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quote: Originally posted by Sandman Thinking Britain won WW1 and WW2 all by itself.

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

	27-04-2002 04:31									#36
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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.

	27-04-2002 04:41									#37
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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.

	27-04-2002 04:59									#38
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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.

	27-04-2002 05:01									#39
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I used to think masturbation caused acne and was morally wrong

Yup, I win the misconception contest I think

	27-04-2002 05:05									#40
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quote: 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

	27-04-2002 05:49									#41
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"blood is blue". morons.

	27-04-2002 06:17									#42
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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.

	27-04-2002 08:29									#43
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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)

	27-04-2002 08:43									#44
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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

	27-04-2002 08:46									#45
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quote: 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

	27-04-2002 09:33									#46
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quote: Ramo: How is Heretic pronounced then?!

Like "hare" "uh" "tic."

quote: Echinda: Same... How is pseudo pronounced?!

"Sue" "doe."

	27-04-2002 10:02									#47
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oh nevermind I knew how to pronounce pseudo... hair uh tic... hmm... you positive?

	27-04-2002 10:25									#48
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quote: Originally posted by Albert Speer oh nevermind I knew how to pronounce pseudo... hair uh tic... hmm... you positive?

I've also heard it pronounced "hear-eh-tick," but I've always preferred "hair-uh-tick."

	27-04-2002 10:39									#49
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i used to believe in the princess (which was me) getting saved by a prince charming on a white horse and that they'd go off together and live "happily ever after" in a big castle.

	27-04-2002 12:14									#50
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Isn't it spelled rendezvous?

	27-04-2002 12:24									#51
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rendez-vous, actually.

	27-04-2002 13:19									#52
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quote: "blood is blue".

Blood without oxygen in it is blue.

You never see it like this (outside of your body) because the air around you contains oxygen.

	27-04-2002 15:03									#53
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Skanky got there first.

Anyway, Heretic is according to my dictionary (OED, no less) he'-ritk (' indicates the stressed syllable). No other pronunciation is given, although I believe heh-re'-tik is also somewhat acceptable. Unfortunately, I'm finding it a little hard to decide whether it is or not, or whether I've written it correctly or not, as I've just said heretic so many times in various pronunciations that it has ceased to have any meaning for me, and is just a jumble of sounds. I hate it when that happens.

	27-04-2002 15:51									#54
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I tend to use the second pronunciation of those chowlett, although recently I have been finding amusing differences between British and American pronunciation, especially when it came to those rhymes

	27-04-2002 16:03									#55
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quote: Thinking Britain won WW1 and WW2 all by itself

quote: Originally posted by SlowwHand That's more than a misconception, its downright delusional

It's okay; there are actually adults in the US who believe similar things about their own country.

	27-04-2002 17:13									#56
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Yup. It is always amusing to see the Torch landings put on the same level of importance as Stalingrad or Kursk.

	27-04-2002 17:16									#57
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I used to think that my head could get 'full'. So I would plug my ears when people were saying things that I thought were not important so as to not take up any space in my head

	27-04-2002 17:43									#58
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quote: Yup. It is always amusing to see the Torch landings put on the same level of importance as Stalingrad or Kursk.

The Torch landings quite arguably provided the basis for the huge Russian victory at Stalingrad, by drawing off large numbers of reserves, combat aircraft, supplies, and air transport.

	27-04-2002 17:51									#59
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Exactly, merely a minor diversion.

	28-04-2002 09:55									#60
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don't get scared here..please...(but i was a really weird child):
i thought i was going to be the bride of satan and find his softer and more humanistic side.
i thought the boogie man or the incredible hulk would come out at night from under my bed and get me.
after watching Jaws for the first time, i thought that sharks were swimming in the walls around the bathtub and at anymoment, they'd burst through the walls and eat me.
and for a good portion of my childhood...i thought that the whole world was plotting together to treat me like ****...everyone was in on it ..like i was an experiment and at some point everyone would tell me the experiment was over and people would like me.

lonely kids have vivid imaginations.