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What stupid things have you believed/said/assumed before finding out to your embarrassment you were wrong?

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CookieRookie · 27/08/2011 13:38

Could do with a laugh today

Here's mine...

1 - I thought a filet mignon was something presented on fire, you know with brandy or something...a flamin yon Blush

2 - I thought rollmops where called roll 'em ups because they're rolled up but I was kind of right with that one.

Not hilarious, though dh did laugh at me til he was nearly sick, but I'm hoping some of you have much better, more embarrassing ones.

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mumatron · 27/08/2011 16:20

Flamin yon Grin that made me laugh so much.

My dp has loads of these. He thought it was labtop rather than laptop.

He didn't know that obviously had a 'b' in it. He only believed me when he checked a dictionary.

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CookieRookie · 27/08/2011 16:10

It's teached, you bag! Grin

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5inthebed · 27/08/2011 16:09

Or is it taught? Blush

5inthebed · 27/08/2011 16:08

*learnt

5inthebed · 27/08/2011 16:08

Playingwith buses, you've just leant me something new!

TaudrieTattoo · 27/08/2011 16:06

The thought of a kestrel manoeuvring (Sp) in the dark has made me properly laugh out loud.

And now I realise I can't spell manoeivjeoing.

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CookieRookie · 27/08/2011 16:02

Me too MP Grin

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pinkgirlythoughts · 27/08/2011 15:59

oops, turns out it's me that's been reading those biology diagrams wrong all these years then! The fact I managed to get an A-level in it is a little Blush, though! (Although I did get a D, which might explain it! Grin)

MotherPanda · 27/08/2011 15:56

Untill I was about 16, I thought lingerie as pronounced as its spelt.

   Lin-ger-ree.

Got educated when shopping with a girlfriend... i blush even thinking about it now!

Playingwithbuses · 27/08/2011 15:53

Arkansas pron Arkensaw Just found that out right now, I thought it was two different places.

EverythingInMiniature · 27/08/2011 15:41

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messymammy · 27/08/2011 15:41

My sister thought that the events that happened at Pearl Harbour had actually happened in Waterford (we're in Dublin). When asked why she replied "well didn't the Germans bombs us in the war?" (yes, by mistake, and I don't think it was Germans in Pearl Harbour was it love?!)

Then I asked her why in the film (the only record of the events she had encountered) were all the accents American, not Irish? She thought it was because all actors and actresses are American, sure look at Tom and Nicole in Far and Away, they are American and they have shit Irish accents. Confused

She was at least 15.
BTW, this has totally outed me to anyone who knows me irl, as I tell everyone the story :o

treetrunkthighs · 27/08/2011 15:41

Grin at flamin' yon Grin

Mine is dull, but I thought OMD were called in full 'A Kestral Manoeuvres in the Dark'. Quite what I thought the O stood for is anyone's guess.

EverythingInMiniature · 27/08/2011 15:39

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MissTinaTeaspoon · 27/08/2011 15:36

Thanks naoko Smile

Naoko · 27/08/2011 15:35

Re: 'on aggregate' - a football score given as 'on aggregate' is a score for a match played over two legs, so that both teams get a home and an away match. Usually the scores of the two matches are added up to get the aggregate score to determine who wins. If that's a draw, and it's a knockout competition where someone must win, there's usually some form of weighting rule to determine who wins a tie, for example 'away goals count double' is a common one.

pinkgirlythoughts · 27/08/2011 15:35

That's what I mean, lol, he thought it was all one tube, connecting bladder, testes, the whole lot, all together!

Tee2072 · 27/08/2011 15:32

Um, wee and semen do come out of the same hole, just from different tubes, in a penis.

Solopower · 27/08/2011 15:31

Pink - they do!

Tee2072 · 27/08/2011 15:30

YO-sem-A-Tee

Yosemite

pinkgirlythoughts · 27/08/2011 15:30

soymama, my DP thought the same, and when I said, "no, I have two holes, just like you do," he replied with "no, I don't!" and a shocked expression. Turns out he thought the wee and the semen came out of the same place too!

5inthebed · 27/08/2011 15:30

Water polo with horses Grin Do they wear trunks?

Until I was a teenager, I thought American babies never cried, as they did not appear to do so in films/tv series.

CornishMade · 27/08/2011 15:27

Everything Yosemite is pronounced Yo-sem-itty, four syllables. Anyone remember the cartoon Yosemite Sam?!

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CookieRookie · 27/08/2011 15:27

Grin ROFL at these

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soymama · 27/08/2011 15:21

My DP and father of my child didn't know what a clitoris was AND thought that the baby and wee came out the same hole!! GrinGrinGrin
Ps. He's 30