Anyone else had an epiphany?

[LarrysNewOwner]

I’ve had two tonight followed by a third that I am clearly an idiot.

First listening to the radio in the car I had a realisation that the actor I heard about Rayleigh Otter, is in fact Ray Liotta.

second one watching the football, there are 2 Ronaldos, a Brazilian one and a Portuguese one. There isn’t one with an incredibly long career who changed nationalities 🙈

Anyone else have these realisations or is it only me?

When my DS, then 16, said, 'How many times? It's not called quin-noah!!' Well, I didn't know that...

And funny place name pronunciations. I was on a coach travelling through Bicester. I heard someone towards the back say, 'It's not Bye Cester, it's bisster!'. I did actually know that one, but it did cause a huge argument with most people on the coach arguing every which way!!

I had a terrible argument with a close friend that left me feeling very hurt.

Then I had an epiphany that really the argument was fundamentally all my fault and I was the one who had wronged my friend. I realised I had been projecting. It was literally an epiphany moment of realisation. It was a really bizarre and actually awful experience.

Honestly this particular epiphany was a life changing experience for me because it unlocked an understanding of the trauma I was projecting.

Bisster? BISSTER?!

I just googled it and you're right.. but still, bisster 😆

For what it's worth, I think some of the most profound epiphanies are the most difficult to deal with. Those moments can open doorways - but, fuck, they are such humbling, awful doorways.

I've had two, both in my 40s. (now 50+)

1. Ray Ban sunglasses are called what they do. They ban (sun) rays.
2. Nobody else will ever put my wants and needs first so I need to do that myself.

Oh wow, Ray Bans say what they do! I love that, makes so much sense when you know!

Yes. It has to be, simply so the world can have the hilarious joke:

Dicken’s ‘A Tale Of Two Cities’ was first serialised in two local newspapers - It was the Bicester Times, it was The Worcester Times.

😄

my OH on realising breakfast meant to break a fast

my daughter met a little girl called Epiphany

'First listening to the radio in the car I had a realisation that the actor I heard about Rayleigh Otter, is in fact Ray Liotta'
No epiphanies for me but this made me laugh more than it should have done😆

An epiphany isn’t just realising you got something wrong though. It’s a profound coming to understanding. This is like when people say “it was so traumatic” about minor inconveniences!

Frank Skinner refers to these as idiotic eureka moments!
Mine was when I realised (in my 30s) that those fluffy things are dandelions. I knew they were connected in some way, but thought they were another version of the dandelion plant, rather than what they become after the yellow phase.

I have two degrees and was a teacher at the time.

Along the same lines as Bicester (which I knew).

We have holidayed in Norfolk a couple of times and been to the beach at Happsiburgh. We were pronouncing it phonetically until we overhead a local person mention "Hazebruh".

Oh, so not Happ-si-burg then...

I’d like to hear your thoughts on Towcester.

And Leominster

And Leicester
And Worcestershire sauce, although Henderson’s is far superior

Did you hear about the Australian who wanted directions to Loogaburooga?
He was looking for Loughborough.

Tom hardy and Thomas hardy have the same name.
They couldn't be further apart in my mental filing system

Me when I realised it was the same in French, "dejeuner" - to un-fast

Not quite the same, but related, I thought recently that all the other European languages have a version of "Good day" as their main form of greeting - bonjour, buenos dias, buongiorno, guten tag, dobry den etc. But in English, "Good day" has fallen out of use somewhere in the last century and now sounds a bit archaic. Why?

“Good day to you sir“ sounds rather Jane Austen esq,
although I have heard it spoken as a farewell.

Our modern parlance tells us ‘have a nice day’ or the
nauseating in house training of
‘enjoy the rest of your day’
even though it may be 7.45pm and Waitrose are closing
goodbye is a shortened ‘God be with you’

ln different parts of the country I hear “are you ok?” as a greeting,
with variations, “are you ok over there?” in a store, bar, cafe, bank,
or shortened to “ok?” similar to the colloquial French “ca va?”
I had to look up dobry den!

Just to say buongiorno actually means good morning….my own realisation as currently learning Italian after merrily using buogiorno any time of the day on previous visits! ( and buenos dias is also good morning not good day in Spanish) edited for spelling !

I read the quote "you could be the juiciest, ripest peach on the tree, but there will always be someone who doesn't like peaches".

It really was an epiphany. I was such a people-pleaser and would feel incredibly anxious if people didn't like me. And now I realise that it's impossible to please everyone all the time. Reading that quote was incredibly liberating and has changed my mindset. It seems so obvious but wasn't to me.

Just checked and the exact quote from Dita Von Teese is:

You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there's still going to be somebody who hates peaches.

I didn't know that there were 2 Ronaldos either @LarrysNewOwner 😂

Mind you I really hate football (I'm taking it that his/their sport of choice is football?) So I still don't care.

I have known older family members jokingly mispronounce Loughborough University as ‘Lowbrow’ University.

(Their parents were postwar Polish immigrants who looked down on anything that wasn’t Oxbridge).

There are two Ronaldos?!
🤯
Well well.

Ok, I’m glad it wasn’t just me!!

and yes I do know what an epiphany really is to the poster who mentioned it