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Things you really should have known sooner...

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TheDodgyEnd · 10/10/2017 12:50

I’ve just learned that Casablanca is not in South America at all and is, in fact in Morocco! Who knew 🙄🤦🏼‍♀️
Anyone else got any tidbits they learned far too late in life?

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DorisDangleberry · 13/10/2017 00:36

I met somebody once who thought Casablanca was in South America.

I'm surprised they could dress themselves in the morning.

YouSaySidewalkISayPavement · 13/10/2017 00:15

Gherkins are not a separate type of vegetable that grow as gherkins.

I still actually think this is a trick to fool us all

Littlepleasures · 12/10/2017 23:54

Was 2 decades out of uni where I’d studied English when I became aware that there is a spelling rule behind choosing the correct spelling of practice/practise, licence/ license. I thought they were interchangeable but now know you choose the c spelling if the word is a noun, the s spelling if it’s a verb. E.g I went to piano practice. I need to practise the piano.

keepondreaming · 12/10/2017 23:36

Only recently read that Holland is not a country. It’s just part of the Netherlands. Always thought it was it’s own country!

Whatwankeryisthis · 12/10/2017 23:31

I thought all dogs were boys and all cats were girls until 8/9!!

Also only learned the other week that kippers aren't fish in their own right but that the name of smoked herring.

doodlejump1980 · 12/10/2017 23:28

@Yazoop glad I'm not the only one! Tiny wee fishes. 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

Littlepleasures · 12/10/2017 23:27

On a recent trip to Belgium found out that the top half of Belgium speaks Dutch. How could I get to my ripe old age and not know this?

greatminds · 12/10/2017 23:18

I know they are spelt differently but I only recently realised you say ‘bold’ and ‘bald’ differently! Blush

Flisspaps · 12/10/2017 22:33

@Bratsandtwats Wink

Bratsandtwats · 12/10/2017 22:14

@TheDodgyEnd halfway between Birmingham and Wales is Telford, where I live (some parts may be likened to a war zone by some...)

Waves to neighbour. I know which parts you are referring to

We only discovered that Gibraltar is not an island thanks to MN. DH and I are educated to degree level as well. Blush

MaryWortleyMontagu · 12/10/2017 22:05

Lanarkshire is a country in the central lowlands of Scotland (I thought you may have confused the two).

cozietoesie · 12/10/2017 22:05

Sorry. Gammeld. Blush

cozietoesie · 12/10/2017 22:03

Here you go, Gannel. Grin

Lanarkshire

SecondHandSnake · 12/10/2017 22:03

I was far too old before I realised that 'segue' was actually pronounced 'segway'.

Whenever I read it, in my head it was 'seeg'.

Yazoop · 12/10/2017 22:03

@doodlejump I've just learned that now by reading your post Shock I thought they were like anchovies Blush

cozietoesie · 12/10/2017 22:01

Oh..........

EmmaGrundyForPM · 12/10/2017 21:59

Not me, but someone I work with was convinced cats laid eggs. He is very bright - law degree, seems with it in every other way but was convinced that kittens hatched from eggs. Hmm

Gammeldragz · 12/10/2017 21:54

"l thought Lancashire was as up north as you could get before Scotland. Until at 13 we drove from Lancashire to Scotland!"

Were you thinking of Lanarkshire

No... (Where is that?)
I lived in (and grew up in) wales. My dad lived in Lancashire. All I knew was that was "up north" and yorkshire was next to it.

cozietoesie · 12/10/2017 21:51

I nearly spilled my beverage when I read that Gilbert and Sullivan were one person. Grin

Gammeldragz · 12/10/2017 21:51

In fact, it seems many of you know this. See, I thought it had something to do with musicals as I remember 'Gibert and Sullivan' being used in a phrase to describe wanky music, when I was a kid. As I'd only ever heard it said quickly, when I finally (a few years ago) heard Gilbert O'Sullivan enunciated in BBC English, I assumed I'd misheard.

I also thought Sinn Fein was a person until last year, but saw that on another of these threads so I'm not alone.

MaryWortleyMontagu · 12/10/2017 21:49

There was one on another thread about a poster who lived in Cumbria as a child and thought that the song "kum bah yah" was a local song:

"Cumbria, my Lord, Cumbria"!!
Grin

MaryWortleyMontagu · 12/10/2017 21:46

l thought Lancashire was as up north as you could get before Scotland. Until at 13 we drove from Lancashire to Scotland!

Were you thinking of Lanarkshire?

Gammeldragz · 12/10/2017 21:45

allegretto oh... Blush

DadDadDad · 12/10/2017 21:43

@Gammeldragz - Gilbert and Sullivan were a celebrated light opera writing partnership in the 19th century; Gilbert O'Sullivan was a pop singer in the late 20th century.

headinhands · 12/10/2017 21:39

That Christianity is all made up and there's reason to believe there's any powerful being who cares about humans.