S/O things you thought were true..

BC&LM · May 2014

What words, phrases, song lyrics, etc. did you think were something different until someone either corrected you or you realized you were wrong?

For instance, when I was younger, I thought it was "a sick sense," not "a sixth sense."

Cricket81 · May 2014

It's kind of cliche, but I really thought it was
"There's the bathroom, on the right"
Instead of
"There's a bad moon on the rise"

BC&LM · May 2014

Cricket81 said:

It's kind of cliche, but I really thought it was "There's the bathroom, on the right" Instead of "There's a bad moon on the rise"

Is this a movie tag line or a song lyric? I suck at pop culture.

Cricket81 · May 2014

Song lyric, but classic rock.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H06_0ApzkzY

ohheyholly · May 2014

This is more of interpreting issue... I thought when there was a sign in a left turn lane at an intersection that said "left turn signal" it ment you had to turn on your left turn signal X_X I thought this for years! Like till I was in my 20s!!

kelseypie · May 2014

I thought "fingers" were called "thingers". My cousins always tried to correct me, and I would argue that "fingers" sounds stupid. Really, "thingers" makes way more sense anyway. You pick up things with them. Duh.

megaroo64 · May 2014

I got minutes and seconds confused for a lot longer than would should have been normal. And that song "Can't hurry love" - I thought they were saying "Kangaroo Love".

My sister thought (until like seventh grade) that we lived INSIDE the Earth - not on the surface - because the pictures of the Earth from space didn't show cars and buildings and stuff. She really confused the astronaut at a NASA field trip with her questions.

numbersgirl08 · May 2014

I didn't get the lyrics wrong, but I thought "Oh, Say, can you see?" was asking someone named Say if they could see.

WasNotWas · May 2014

I think this is one that everyone does...I thought a BJ was actually blowing on a peen...

sherbear · May 2014

My favorite song lyric mix up was actually my husbands.

We were on our way for our honeymoon road trip so in a great mood singing along to the radio and I just about peed myself when my husband shouted out with such conviction 'ain't no harm in that girl' while singing 'Aint No Holla Back Girl'. He is so cute!

kh59 · May 2014

My college roommates knew the words in "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John couldn't possibly be "lay me down, the chiefs have landed," but we sang it that way anyway since we didn't know the real words. I think they might be "lay me down in sheets of linen?"

BC&LM · May 2014

I don't know if anyone would remember this song, but my little brother had this CD back in the 90s or early 2000s with a song by one of those Carter boys.(Aaron? Nick?). I don't know what the name of the song was but it turned out the lyrics were actually "Come get it!" but my mother and I for the longest time thought they were singing "Punk daddy!"

ASmallWonder · May 2014

Not me but one of my best friends and it's one of my favorite stories - she thought the line in Layla was "Got me on my knees, gay love." I seriously LOL'd.

Murphie82 · May 2014

I thought "hot dogs" were "hawk dogs".

I also read a lot and pronounced hors d' oeuvres as "whores d' vors" in my mind.

ASmallWonder · May 2014

BC&LM said:

Cricket81 said:

It's kind of cliche, but I really thought it was "There's the bathroom, on the right" Instead of "There's a bad moon on the rise"

Is this a movie tag line or a song lyric? I suck at pop culture.

:-O

You don't know "Bad Moon Rising?" I'm actually MORE surprised that you don't know it solely from the misheard lyric of "there's a bathroom on the right." lol

needanustart · May 2014

I thought it was "for all intensive purposes" instead if intents and purposes. And I kept thinking, "this saying seems too extreme for some of these instances" when someone would say it.

Murphie82 · May 2014

Oh! I remembered another one. I thought "making ends meet" was really "making ends-meat" as in making enough money to afford only the, often over-cooked, end portion of a roast or something.

That's one I held onto for a VERY long time. Embarrassingly long.

BC&LM · May 2014

Sympkin said:

My college roommates knew the words in "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John couldn't possibly be "lay me down, the chiefs have landed," but we sang it that way anyway since we didn't know the real words. I think they might be "lay me down in sheets of linen?"

I used to think the lyrics to that song were "Hold me close, I'm tired of dancing."

BC&LM · May 2014

elmoali said:

BC&LM said:

Cricket81 said:

It's kind of cliche, but I really thought it was
"There's the bathroom, on the right"
Instead of
"There's a bad moon on the rise"

Is this a movie tag line or a song lyric? I suck at pop culture.

:-O

You don't know "Bad Moon Rising?" I'm actually MORE surprised that you don't know it solely from the misheard lyric of "there's a bathroom on the right." lol

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I'm really bad with song names and lyrics sometimes too, so I didn't know I knew it until I clicked on @Cricket81‌'s YouTube link! But I do know that one; it's a classic, just didn't know the words.

bel194 · May 2014

I thought that here comes the bride went like "here comes the bride all fat and wide"

weddinginthecove · May 2014

Wow @calikat80‌ up until this very second I seriously thought the phrase was "all intensive purposes". I embarrassingly just googled that to make sure maybe you were mistaken and I wasn't wrong this whole time. I am sitting here questioning how many times I may have used this incorrectly, or even worse written it for work or school.

One time while singing loudly I sang "the party don't stop until I walk in", my sister has yet to let me live that down. Looking back I can clearly see how that would be terrible lyrics.

jennOK · May 2014

For the longest time, up until my 20s, I said I was sedimentary (like the rock) instead of sedentary (like a person who doesn't move and exercise)

Lizzybizzy80 · May 2014

winesconstantly said:
I read a lot as a kid and it gave me a pretty good vocabulary. Unfortunately, books don't tell you how to pronounce all of those cool new words, so I pronounced some words weirdly for years..."chaos" ("chowse" was how I said it) was one that had my mom rolling once she figured it out.

I am this +1, my mom still corrects me all the time. I finally got to say to her (yesterday) I didn't think aquifer was pronounced aqui-fire (at least in Texas).

KentuckyKate · May 2014

I said third "reach" instead of "rike" after reading about the Nazis Third Reich. My brother gave me so much crap.

There's this Shania Twain song about domestic violence, and the first line is "Black eyes, I don't need them." Except I thought she was saying "guys" instead of "eyes" and I totally thought Shania was racist when I was 14 and she was so popular. X_X

I'm a really good speller and always have been, but I spelled ridiculous "rediculous" until I was in college. But hey, at least I know there is no A in definitely!!

DaisyDuck40 · May 2014

In the song Bennie and the Jets I thought Elton John was singing "she got electric boobs" not electric boots....

No longer the best · May 2014

I always thought it was "Hey RIcky" not "Hey Mickey" which isn't a huge deal except I vehemently argued that I was right to a friend as we were fighting over it. I still feel embarrassed and it was years ago!

valerie4977 · May 2014

When I was little I kept hearing people say, "is the Pope Catholic"? So one day my mom said it to my brother and I sincerely asked if he was in fact Catholic. Yeah, my family still laughs at that one.

valerie4977 · May 2014

Murphie82 said:
Oh! I remembered another one. I thought "making ends meet" was really "making ends-meat" as in making enough money to afford only the, often over-cooked, end portion of a roast or something.

That's one I held onto for a VERY long time. Embarrassingly long.

Me too!

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