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sasha_feather ([personal profile] sasha_feather) wrote2014-11-17 06:47 pm
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Things that perplexed me when I was a kid

--I thought the moon was a planet.

--People seemed to pronounce wind chill as "windsheel", all blended together and soft, so I couldn't parse it and thought they were maybe saying "wind shield," even though that did not make sense.

--I thought that tourist meant someone who led tours (tour guide).

--I couldn't hear the difference between picture and pitcher.

--I didn't understand why "I" in the middle of a sentence should be capitalized.

--I didn't understand the subtle nuances that differentiated dinner and supper (this is still difficult because dinner means different things to different people).

What did you have a hard time understanding as a kid?
lauredhel: two cats sleeping nose to tail, making a perfect circle. (Default)

[personal profile] lauredhel 2014-11-18 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
There are still quite a few people here who call the evening meal "tea". That confused me quite a lot going from the USA back to Australia around age eight.