Common Misconceptions

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Reply 380

Carnationlilyrose

Original post by Ghostsinthemachine

Four candles anyone?

No thanks, just the fork handles.

Reply 381

TheBlueNowhere

Original post by Tomatochuckers

Well done. That will show them :rolleyes:

Not a case of showing them. I just don't want annoying things to come up on my news feed. It was merely a solution to a problem.

Reply 382

blossomx

I thought little miniature musicians lived inside speakers so I would purposely pause songs at random intervals to try and catch them out but it never worked.

Reply 383

MyJunkIsYou

Original post by maemg

I used to think duct-tape was called duck-tape

Me too but now there's actually a brand of duct-tape called Duck tape so you can get away with it :tongue:

Reply 384

shorty.loves.angels

Original post by LeaX

I thought little miniature musicians lived inside speakers so I would purposely pause songs at random intervals to try and catch them out but it never worked.

I used to think that every time someone played a song, it was really sending a message to the artist to tell them to play :redface:

Reply 385

georgie94

I used to call University You-know-iversity. And I always said "unincluding" instead of "excluding", but my parents never corrected me because they thought it was cute.

Reply 386

Hopple

Original post by Fusion

Bidets were a 2nd loo

I feel sorry for the next person to use the bathroom :tongue:

Reply 387

Tootles

Original post by Fusion

Today I found out it's not 'just desserts' but rather 'just deserts'.

de·sert The state or fact of deserving reward or punishment.

As it's Halloween I must mention I used to think 'trick or treat' was 'trickle treat'

What about when fans at football matches see themselves on the big screen and by default wave at it, as oppossed to the camera. lol

It might interest you to know, in that case that the term is actually "Hallow e'en" - Hallows eve, the day before All Hallows, or All Saints Day.

Reply 388

Puff

There is a shopping centre in Dundee called the Wellgate. When I was little, I used to call it the Wellygate :colondollar:

Reply 389

Sazzy890

Someone I know says "****ing how" instead of "****ing hell"

I also know several people who say "canculator" instead of "calculator" and several people who say "destructions" instead of "instructions" :teehee:

Reply 390

Dusty12

Original post by LeaX

I thought little miniature musicians lived inside speakers so I would purposely pause songs at random intervals to try and catch them out but it never worked.

Awww!

Original post by Dusty12

In the song "We three kings of of Orient are", I thought "Orientar" was the name of a place. :colondollar:

I always say 'haitch'. I can't help it. That's what Irish people say, and it's a difficult habit to break. :frown:

Everyone reacts like THIS. D:

Who neg-repped this? I have a bone to pick with you... It's not my fault. :colonhash:

'Haitch' is a standard pronunciation in Hiberno-English. It's an acceptable part of a regional dialect, surely. 'H' is heis in Irish so I assume that's where is derives from. In Ireland that is how it has linguistically developed, everyone isn't just ignorant. In the same way R is pronounced 'or' instead of 'ar'. When I was in primary school the teacher and the entire class made fun of me about this when we were playing a spelling game. I never put my hand up in class again. :ashamed2:

I'm not thick. It's not like I say 'sikt' instead of 'siXth'.. :colonhash:

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Reply 391

goggy

I used to think that if boys played with their you-know-whats, they'd drop off and become a girl.

Reply 392

Dastrea

Original post by LemonIcedTea

More on hymns at Primary school, for years I missheard;

'Dance, then, wherever you may be;
I am the Lord of the Dance said he,'

as

'Dance, then, wherever you may be;
I am the Lord of the Damp Settee,' ...

Always wondered why exactly we were singing about this guy...

This. I never did learn the proper words, I just figured I must be hearing them wrong haha

EDIT: Another of mine was thinking 'Celine Dion' was called 'Sea Lion' since I had only ever heard it said and not written.

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 393

sweetheartbreakin

I wrote in my school diary that it was Incest Day!

Reply 394

sweetheartbreakin

My brother (at a young age) thought Celine Dion was pronounced 'Coleen Doin' (Doin rhyming with coin.)

Reply 395

fwed1

Got about a week into my course before realising Myocardial Infarction was spelt "InfaRction" and not "Infaction"

I thought my lecturers were just posh...

Reply 396

riotgrrl

I thought until fairly recently that the Aztecs lived in classical times. When I was little, I also thought sex was just a man peeing on a lady xD

Reply 397

Fusion

Original post by riotgrrl

When I was little, I also thought sex was just a man peeing on a lady xD

Reply 398

username858757

Original post by riotgrrl

When I was little, I also thought sex was just a man peeing on a lady xD

When I was young I thought that you just had to lie there without moving. Then I saw porn on the internet and thought that the guy moving in and out was just doing because he was a show off. :redface:

Reply 399

CastleRose47