Things that perplexed me when I was a kid

[sasha_feather]

--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?

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Dinner is the everybody-sits-together, highest-calorie, longest meal of the day.

Supper is the last meal of the day.

If dinner happens in the daytime, then the meal after sunset is called "supper."

One hundred years ago, "luncheon" was a snack between breakfast and mid-day dinner.

I'm hungry now.

[davidgillon]

If dinner happens in the daytime, then the meal after sunset is called "supper."

Stared at this for a while then realised there may be a geographical discontinuity, with the UK being further north than the US, then there is space for two meals after sunset in much of the year, with tea as the evening main meal and supper as a further meal before bedtime.