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There’s nothing as entertaining as watching kids navigate through the big complex world. From an early age, they start meeting new people, socializing with other kids and adults, learning how the social cues and norms work in practice.
That’s where things may get a teeny tiny bit confusing for the little ones. “My 8yo daughter met a girl at summer camp last year named 'Internet.' I said no way, that can't be her name but my daughter has been adamant,” tweeted writer and mom Brianne M. Kohl and added that “For almost a year we've been having this discussion.”
Turns out, the name of that girl from the summer camp was “Antoinette.” The thread immediately blew up on Twitter with many parents sharing similar experiences about their kids getting the names totally wrong. Even adults joined in the fun and shared times they embarrassed themselves by getting confused by people's names.
Below we selected some of the most chuckle-worthy tweets that prove getting a name absurdly wrong is apparently a common occurrence in the children's kingdom.
Image credits: BrianneKohl
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Sarah Parker 3 years ago
By far my favourite on this thread, I love it. Bless her heart! My Nan has her own words for lots of things, and if she can't say someone's name she'll use one that she thinks sounds similar. My best friend of 22 years is called Kirstyn, Nan has always called her Christine..
Bobby 3 years ago
If she couldn't say Ian Estein, she would rather say Fine wine.
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Kiss Army 3 years ago (edited)
My father (Harry) used to tell a story about a teacher who called him Henry and she would get so mad when he didn't answer her. She would come over and beat her ruler on his desk and yell "ANSWER ME, HENRY!" and he would say "If you call me HARRY, I will!" My nephew thought this story was hilarious. My father passed away shortly before my nephew's son was born and he named him Henry in honor of my father and this story. (My son is named Harrison to honor my dad.)
Lupita Nyong'heaux 3 years ago
My name is Lisa. My best friend from 1st grade (who is still my BFF today and we're now 62)'s grandmama who raised her called me Leisha till the day she died, about 10 years ago.
April 3 years ago
My name is April. Your post reminded me of my high school days... for some reason math teachers wanted to call me Lisa. I had three different math teachers over the years who got my name wrong, and it was always Lisa! No idea why, I didn't have a sister to get me confused with, or look like anyone named Lisa.
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My great grandmother called any and every man George. Whether she knew them or not
Karen Clark 3 years ago
My mom's grandmother was French Swiss. I had never thought about her probably having an accent until I was researching genealogy and found in a newspaper from the late 1930's an article in the society section stating that the grandmother was expecting her grandchildren Ralph, Allen and Edith for a visit. My mom's name was Helen, not Allen. I suddenly heard the accent!
Kasaundra Zurliene 3 years ago
My great grandmother (moms side) could never remember my dads name, however she knew it started with a J. For years she called him Jason, his name is Justin. She passed when I was about 8, I don't think she ever got his name right but he never complained.
We spoke with Samantha A. Deffler, an Assistant Professor Of Psychology at York College of Pennsylvania, who shared some very interesting insights into her research about the misnaming phenomenon. “In surveys of people from a range of ages and backgrounds, we found that misnaming of familiar people was rather common,” she said.
“To be more specific, a sample of undergraduates showed over half reported being misnamed and about 1/3 reported committing misnaming. Of those who had been misnamed, most (95%) said they had been called the wrong name by a family member,” Deffler explained.
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Srene 3 years ago
I THOUGHT SO! I was just getting ready to say the very same thing...
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Susan Bosse 3 years ago
Old, old joke! Anthony said this to Suzanne on Designing Women. Hahaha
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Ross Warren 3 years ago
That's what the "H" in "Jesus H. Christ" stands for. It is common practice to use the father's first name as the son's middle name.
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Francine Govan 3 years ago
HARK! the Harold angel sings! XD Have an upvote!
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IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago (edited)
When I was in school aged about 6 or 7, our teacher taught us all the different names we use for God, such as Lord and Yahweh. She then asked us if we knew any other names and words we use for God. I said "Peter". She replied "no. Peter was one if Jesus' apostles." "But we call God Peter at the end of mass" I protested". "When",? she asked. "When the Priest says Go to love and serve the Lord", and we all say "Thanks Peter God". I genuinely thought we said "Peter God" when it was really "Be to God", and that Peter was God's real name.
Stew 3 years ago
When we use to say the our father I thought we put our hands out expecting god to put down some bread from the sky into our hands. Our catechism teacher used to say that only if we prayed sincerely we would get results. So I asked her wether we would have to spreaf Nutella or jam on it ourselves that I realised it was daily food. I'm still laughing...and expecting bread to fall from the sky.
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buttonpusher 3 years ago
I was very annoyed that my parents wouldn't tell me who P The File was after I overheard a joke.
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Jef Bateman 3 years ago
I never made this mistake, but then I never had an infant as a teacher, either.
Margaret Hooper 3 years ago
I had a friend whose daughter used to say, every night, "Hail Mary, full of grapes..."
“My colleagues and I think that this phenomenon demonstrates how people organize information about those that they know - people tended to mistake family members for other family members, probably because they were grouping these individuals together in their minds.”
Moreover, according to Deffler, ‘cross-group’ mistakes were less common “because people from different categories of our lives (e.g., family vs. friends) are not typically associated with each other in our minds.” More broadly, Deffler believes that their findings also point out “that our cognition, particularly our memories, can be flawed - people make naming mistakes even with names that they know really really well, and that is OK and normal!”
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Friend Kelli 3 years ago
It's funny it stuck. My tot was really mad and said 'I'm so f**kerated!' I think it could be an actual word. She's in her 20s and I say it once in a while as a joke.
Fails the Un·person 3 years ago
My little one's extended family had a farm, on this farm there was a pig named Homer, which apparently she couldn't say or just heard wrong, idk, but she sure did love telling you all about/asking when she could go back and see Homework the pig 🤣
Fiona Autiero 3 years ago
My son when 2 , couldn’t say Mutanda ( underwear) , he would say Puttana ( Whore) OH THE FUN WE HAD!
Nannychachi 3 years ago
Thanks to one of my granddaughters, when we're cold we do some shiggling. (shivering)
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Ernesto 3 years ago
A Roman walks into a bar, and asks for a "martinus"... Bartender says "Do you mean martini?"... The Roman says "No, I just want one..."
Mary Haynes 3 years ago
work at dmv, "what vehicle do you want license for?" My 1984. "I don;t show that you own a 1984 anything. My 1980 Ford!
IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago
It's like the old joke; Do you know the Christmas alphabet.? It only has 25 letters. No el!
glowworm2 3 years ago
There was an entire episode from Animaniacs that basically centered upon making a "No l" joke centered around the song.
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Deffler and her team of researchers surveyed people from a lot of different backgrounds and asked them both about being the object of misnaming and the person who committed the misnaming. “We found a range of results for how often older family members misnamed younger family members, but that is likely an artifact of our sample - some of our participants were younger adults without children. We did not specifically look at parent to child misnaming, but our results do allow me to answer this question,” she explained.
It turns out that most misnaming occurred between two family members and for 3 of our 4 samples, “this misnaming showed a large age effect - family members who were older misnamed younger family members. Anecdotally, a lot of these examples were parents misnaming their children with a string of sibling names,” Deffler concluded.
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Paul Davis 3 years ago
Well how would you know? It's not like the old days when names were standardized. Now you're not surprised to find out it was "john" spelled "jhahwwnq&26" and the q&26 is silent
Monday 3 years ago
Sienna is a normal name, standardized name....the 3 year old just had a lisp and couldn't say "s".
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Deb Johnston 3 years ago
Omg, when my daughter was young, she had a friend named Sienna, but the way my daughter said it (with her southern accent)... for years I thought her friend's name was Santa :)
Stew 3 years ago
Did you hear the Simpsons were coming to town along with Sienna for Christmas? They're gonna be spending the Christmas with their grandmom.
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ohjojo (me/mine) 3 years ago
My sister at about five met the little boy across the street. His name was Seth. He said it like Theth. So she says Seth? He says Theth. She says Seth? He says Theth. She says Seth 1 or Theth 2. He says Theth 1. Ok. Seth it is.
Jaaawn 3 years ago (edited)
So a kid with a lisp can't even pronounce their own name and their parents don't even change it for them?!
Royal Stray 3 years ago
A lot of small kids lisp, in most cases it is either trained away or disappears on it's own
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mysticalasDUCK 3 years ago
Remember kids, correct people(teachers/staff) when they say ur name wrong because they probably won’t get offended
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DebSue 3 years ago
OMG THAT is hilarious - I needed a good wake up laugh this morning. If that was me I would've been laughing so hard they wouldn't have been able to draw blood
lara 3 years ago
Try this: Guy is in the hospital, lying on a gurney. Young hospital volunteer asks him if he needs anything. He says "are my testicles black"? She is shocked and says "I don't know." He says "will you please look? Please, I am afraid something is wrong." She is horrified, she doesn't know what to do. But he keeps asking and she looks for a nurse, but there is no else. So, she lifts his sheet and says "no." He says "what in the hell are you doing?" She says, "you asked if your testicles are black, I looked and they aren't." He said "I asked if my TEST RESULTS are back."
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Craig Reynolds 3 years ago
OMG! That reminds of when I was 20 and went to a medical exam for joining the military. WE get to this one section where the DR. says to bend over, spread your cheeks, and cough. I guess it was a hemorrhoid check or similar. There are several dozen of us in line and everyone does exactly what you would expect except for one moron. He bends over puts his hands on his face and spreads those cheeks to cough!!! Me being the comedian I blurt out, "cannon fodder" and start laughing my ass off. Needless to say, my commentary and laughing were not appreciated by the uniforms in attendance.
Rosie Bannister 3 years ago
it is commonplace for those of us who have more than one test/vial taken to say bloods rather than blood
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ZAPanda 3 years ago
I was going to guess south african afrikaans, because "fist" is "vuis" pronounced "face".
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Judi Sherosky 2 years ago
you only have one blood! P.S. if she goofed that up she would not be my nurse!
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Trophy Husband 3 years ago
I have no idea what you're all talking about here... Maybe I'm not supposed to...
Bruce Scheiman 3 years ago
Trust me you're not the only one! I'm just as confused as you are. Lol
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Meanwhile, Lynn How, the experienced educator and author of “Positive Young Minds” and this Facebook teacher coaching group told Bored Panda that how hard it is for a child to get a stranger's name right depends on the individual child and complexity of a name. “Young children are unable to form some sounds so end up calling people by a simpler name e.g. auntie Charlotte might become auntie Lot Lot. Children need repetition to store names in their memory so until a stranger becomes a friend, then it might be tricky to recall their name unless they have an amazing memory,” she explained.
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Chrissie Anit 3 years ago
Thank you for making me fall off my chair because I was laughing so hard.
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Julia Odom 3 years ago
My son's name is Johannes and young kids *often* call him "my Hannes". They think he is telling them "I'm your Hannes."
Tonya Wallace 3 years ago (edited)
That's sweet! Lol. my cousin used to call everyone "My-" then whatever their full name was. She would have called you My Julia Odom. 😊
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Nurichwersonst 3 years ago
"Can Godzilla come out to play??" A neighbor-kid to Graziellas Mum 🤣
Dough Puddle 3 years ago
When I was very young I insisted that the new girl I had just met name was Linoleum, turns out it was Naomi
CultOfBambi 3 years ago
Not too far off, since it's pronounced 'Yo-hanniss' (if South African, and possibly German or Dutch)
Lord Mysticlaw 3 years ago
Loool I (South African) had a friend named Johannes. Once we were in Malawi. Everyone called him your highness 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Lily bloom 3 years ago
My daughter accidentally wrote some erotica in third grade last year. She uses talk-to-text and has a very squeaky voice. She began a reading response with "it was jeremy's..." but the program heard "penis gummies". I'm glad I checked her homework that day before she submitted it (I didn't always). I did tell her teacher later because it was too funny not to share and also as a warning that talk-to-text does not always hear my daughter correctly.
Legen ( wait for it ) dary 3 years ago
🤣🤣🤣 That's indeed is way too funny. Thanks for sharing.
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Antony Aston 3 years ago
My friend, also a preschool teacher caller Veronica, gets called Honker - and it stuck with her friends too - we all call her Honker!
T'Mar of Vulcan 3 years ago
A colleague of mine who has since retired was often called odd things by her Grade 1s. Her name is Ayres. She was called "Mrs S", "Mrs Ass" and variations on that.
Judi Sherosky 2 years ago
Love it! My friend had a kid who could not say Truck...it came out F***. He hollered in a store once "I want a F***. We yelled you cannnot have a TRUCK to clear the suspition!
CultOfBambi 3 years ago
A school friend of mine's uncle had a housekeep called Regina - but she misheard and called her Vagina, loudly, in front of the whole extended family. I think they probably still tease her about it now and it was 25 years ago.
When asked how common naming mistakes are among adults and kids, Lynn said they’re very common, especially if we see someone out of context. “If I see a student in a shop, I might not be able to recall who they are even though I would in school,” she said.
Lynn continued: “Some people are better at recognizing faces, not names. If the name is unfamiliar and complex, it will be more challenging to recall it unless you have committed it to memory with a conscious effort. This can be tricky as people can be quite upset when you can’t remember! I try to get round this by not using their name when I greet them and ask questions that might give me hints without letting on!”
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Aussie Bloke 3 years ago
When I was in high school a substitute teacher was doing roll call. He called out "Lugs" a few times, much to the confusion of all in the class. Until a student went up to see the hand written class list to see who he was referring to. The hand written name of "Lucas" evidently looked like "Lugs". I'm Lucas. I was called Lugs for years after that....lol
Krista Salerno 3 years ago
Fez on That 70's Show was Foriegn Exchange Student. The Z is a little poetic license.
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Mihai Mara 3 years ago
careful, mate, that's a "measuring I" (capital i) and not a "measuring l" (small L), Very big difference!
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Mere Cat 3 years ago
In Finland, the words for sister (Sisko) and brother (Veli) are actual and accepted names.
Johnny Rodriguez 3 years ago
I've always wondered if it's legal to give all of your children the same name, like '...and these are my 7 sons Mike'
Leslie Burleson 3 years ago
Lol , my sister went to a kindergarten that was taught by nuns. She asked me "what do you call them ? Your highness ? ". Being the loving older sister that I am I corrected her and said "it's not your highness , it's 'dude'. Then I laughed my butt off when she got in trouble for calling her teacher "dude Josephine "
The danish woman 3 years ago
My name is Søs, in danish that is short for søster which means sister. So you could say that my name is Sis/Sister😉
Hono Klatuu 3 years ago
In the southern part of the USA it is not unusual for someone to be nicknamed Sis or Sissy by their family. Also in the south everyone may just call you by your nickname. There are plenty of people I was introduced to by their nicknames and I never learned their real ones. Like "Butch" "Rusty" and "Hot Shot"
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I have family friends who come from South Africa and the daughter is often called Sissy.
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politely, no 3 years ago
I'm Finnish and I have a friend named Veli, which in Finnish is the word for brother
According to Lynn, the best activity for remembering names on a recent course was to spend 45 minutes with each participant discussing the origin and importance of their names. “I embedded 15 names in my memory easily with this exercise—this has never happened before,” she laughed.
It's no secret that parents and teachers mix up kids' names very often. Lynn said that this is quite normal. She quoted Deffler, a cognitive scientist who states that, “It's a normal cognitive glitch. It's not related to a bad memory or to aging, but rather to how the brain categorizes names. It's like having special folders for family names and friends names stored in the brain. When people used the wrong name, overwhelmingly the name that was used was in the same category, was in the same folder.”
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Jayne Kyra 3 years ago (edited)
My favourite YT gamer is Jesse C*x. And bet they will censor out the surname on BP. EDIT: Damn this ridiculous censorship. Anyway, if anyone likes to watch/listen to game playthroughs, I do recommend Jesse C0x, or at least his earlier work.
Boredravenclaw 3 years ago (edited)
I know someone whose last name is C*x. Edit: WHY BOREDPANDA IT’S A NORMAL SURNAME
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T'Mar of Vulcan 3 years ago
I had that same experience a few years back. A girl and boy both named Thato. They were ThatoTheGirl and ThatoTheBoy. Even when she left my grade, when I would see them I would go, "Hi, ThatoTheGirl!" They thought it was hilarious. I also once taught two boys named Aiden. Well, Aidan and Aiden. So they were AidenWithAnE and AidenWithTwoAs.
ZAPanda 3 years ago
South African? For those not familiar, the Th is a T.
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Sareaesque 3 years ago
This is why a bunch of people in my gaming club are called by their surname, it makes telling all of the Jacks and Chrises apart
Robin Tillman 2 years ago
On our cheer team last year, we had some new athletes added on later in the season. I was meeting a new mom and she introduced herself as “the other Nevaeh’s mom.” Two Nevaeh’s on the team, the coach always said “other Nevaeh”
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Linda Milly 3 years ago
My daughter called both her twin cousins 'MatthewDanny' instead of Matthew and Danny.
AnnaB 3 years ago
Isn't that kind of dismissive of the second twin? I'm a twin and I'd hate to just be known as 'not my sister'.
Monday 3 years ago
Well yeah but 5 year olds don't really understand the problem with being dismissive .
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Deep One 3 years ago
I did not realize that was were the roar was coming from! :O
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Upstaged75 3 years ago
Brilliant! From now on I'm definitely using that whenever I refer to my vagina!
Alexandra Nara 3 years ago
Sounds like beginning with the right word and then just drifting away to more interest things in mind...so all my coworkers names ends with ...coffee or break
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Courtney Behm 3 years ago
"I'm telling you, Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third! "
David Mitchell 3 years ago
In her defense, Wingdings makes more sense to me as a language than French
Laura Mende (Human) 3 years ago
Yeah! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 In french, they use 10 letters and pronounce 4.
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Emmett O'Brian 3 years ago
My name rhymes with dammit so every once in a while, when someone swears I answer "Yes?"
Alexandra Nara 3 years ago
We add a further " na" to banana referrred to a blast my son had as a first grader.. He wrote banananana burst in tears and cried for help..because " mommy I don' t know where I has to stop this word"
June’s Very Own 3 years ago (edited)
My baby sister used to say “‘Mis mis” instead of Christmas, so now it’s forever “I can’t wait till mis mis time”! Lmao
Sarah Strong 3 years ago
My daughter saw a beaver and their living environment for the first time at age 3. She said "look mom- a beaver damage!" instead of dam. It actually made sense looking at all the felled trees so now we call their home beaver damages
Sian Rider 3 years ago
I realised I was swearing too much when I saw my young son attempting t turn on a too-stiff tap, He stood back from it, hands on hips, and exclaimed "TWICE!" before attempting it yet again.
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Jayne Kyra 3 years ago (edited)
Does the name 'Paul' not exist in the USA? How different is the pronunciation? I mean, Paul Walker was from California. EDIT: Guys, please stop arguing...
SCamp 3 years ago
I met an American guy who introduced himself as ‘Krek’. I’m like sorry, I didn’t catch it, he repeats it Krek. I’ve never heard that name, it’s interesting, how do you spell it? C-R-A-I-G. Ohhhh. Since found out that’s how Americans pronounce Craig. Australians pronounce it ‘Krayg’.
ljbeanfield 3 years ago
We pronounce it that way too! I guess he had a heavy accent?
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LaToya Mack 3 years ago
Exact same thing happened to me. I met this very handsome man when I was on vacation with my daughter in Costa Rica. For the entire trip for four days I kept calling this man POLE. It wasn’t until he text me when I got home and signed his name Paul that I realize my error and I almost Peed myself laughing.
weatherwitch 3 years ago
I'm wondering just what part of England he was from. I cannot think of a single regional English or UK accent where Paul could possibly sound like Pole 🤷♀️
Amy S 3 years ago
I'm thinking London, I can hear Danny Dyer saying it like pole.
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Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
Reminds me of the Penny Pollard book by Robin Klein in which Penny (an Australian kid) spends an entire overseas bus tour calling a fellow tourist "Barb", only to learn right at the end that the guy's name is BOB and he probably spent all week thinking she was mocking his Texas drawl.
Eddy Hardy 3 years ago
I had the EXACT same thing happen with my girlfriend's brother. I was like 'What kind of name is Pole....
Lily Langtry 3 years ago
I live in the US and an English friend of mine was telling us his brother Stuart was coming to visit, and we all thought his brother's name was "Shirt" at first, haha. Us Americans, we struggle sometimes...
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Leslie Burleson 3 years ago
Lol .. my daughter was four and she was telling me her arm saws hurt . It took me a bit and then I realized she meant her shoulder blades !
ChariotLee 3 years ago
Not quite as cute, but my coworkers refer to a utility stick as "Steve" It confused me greatly. "Who the hell is Steve?" Steve is the pole used for pushing merchandise into topstock. It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize this.
Carissa Decker 3 years ago
Sounds correct to me 🤣 had to stop and consider why it was wrong for a moment lol
Laura Mende (Human) 3 years ago
My niece once wanted a "apple with fur". I needed half an hour to realise she wants a peach! Oh, god...
Debbie Stearne 2 years ago
My son once asked for a “coffee towel”. Same son called the stuff you put in the coffee maker “dirt” instead of grounds. Fair enough.
Paddling Panda 3 years ago
I keep calling the hand shovel, the hand shovel. Gdammitt, for the life of me, I can never remember the proper word; I just translate from my first language each time.
Brandy Layton 3 years ago
LMAO. My cousin very loudly told his brother at a ballgame that our aunt was going to have to use the garden pole on him for his Halloween costume. We knew he meant the yard stick to measure him to make the costume. Everyone else did not
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HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
One of my best friends was devastated that her son's first word was keekat. They didn't have a cat, but I did.
ohjojo (me/mine) 3 years ago
I took care of little girl named Milena for the thought her name was Mira. The Spanish word for look here.
Brenda Burkemper 3 years ago
My mother in law told me that my husband thought his name was Precious until he was 4 years old because she would often tell him he was so precious.
ratfreezer 3 years ago
My first favorite toy was a kitty plushie. My mom used to ask "Where's your dear kitty?" etc. so much that the cat's name became Dearkitty.
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Daniel Atkins 3 years ago
You can tell by the way i stand at the dock I'm a Woman's man it's time to dock. . .
blue_molly 3 years ago
or maybe, 'You can tell by the way I check the clock, I'm a woman's man, it's time to dock'
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Pandasanne 3 years ago
They actually used Stain Alive in the Stena Line radio commercial in Norway :)
Mika N 3 years ago
But what would that make people think about the safety of the ferry? Lol
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Ann Pattinson 3 years ago (edited)
I still hear one of the lines from that song as -I've got a hair in my mouth, I can't move it if I want to.
memyselfandI 3 years ago
I got so befuddled by that song that the closest thing to words I could come up with was “ah, ah, ah, ah, stinging a bat, stinging a bat” sung in a weird accent.
Lorrie Rothstein 3 years ago
Well honestly most of the time it is hard to understsnd the bee gees
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Trisha Howson 3 years ago
I have had to do this many many times. Lol like no way no one named there kid that sometimes they where right
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Timothy Leung 3 years ago
Dealing with dead animals is probably better than handling tax criminals...
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Francine Govan 3 years ago
Why? If you're hearing "Wyatt" as "white", it would seem like a reasonable response.
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Glynna Bowood 3 years ago
Reminds me of a funny Reader Digest story where the land lady said "You can't have Payettes" and the renter asked what's a "Payette"? "oh, you know, dogs or cats..."
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Kiss Army 3 years ago
Funky Town is the "Taco Body" song thanks to when my son was a toddler. (I will now and forever hear taco body instead of talk about it...)
GreenShoeLaces 3 years ago
My little sister always thought the words in "Smells Like Teen Spirit" were "I'm a Beetle" instead of "My Libido". To this day i still yell out the wrong lyrics. 😜
Emerald Ocean 3 years ago
I thought the song ‘believer’ by imagine dragons was ‘The Lemur’ for years until my friend started laughing one day when I said it and explained. 🤦♀️🤣
Shadow 3 years ago
When I first herd the song "Who can it be now" by Men at work, I wasn't really listening to the words until the chorus. To me it sounded like they were saying "I got to pee now!" Even though I know the proper words to that song now I still here them belting out "I got to pee now!"
Mosheh Wolf 3 years ago
I picked up my kid once, when she was a toddler, and she was singing "Police Lollipop, Police Lollipop!" It was Christmas time, and she heard Feliz Navidad. Being Jewish, she never heard the song at home.
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Vanta Black 3 years ago
He used to be called Graype but one day he stayed out in the sun too long.
Lily Langtry 3 years ago
When I was three I passionately argued with my friend that they were "girl cheese" sandwiches, not "grilled cheese". I support the commitment to Raisin!
Jennifer Crompton 3 years ago
My son's 1st grade classroom had name placards on all of the desks. He argued with me for 2 days on how to pronounce his neighbor's name. The boy's name was José. My son kept pronouncing it like it rhymed with "dose".
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Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent 3 years ago
This reminds me of something I did at school which I'll never stop cringing about. I was 5 or 6. We had to draw a picture of something we did at the weekend. I'd gone to a little boy's birthday party. I finished up the picture and presumably got the teacher to write Happy Birthday, but was too embarrassed to ask how to spell said kid's name, so I just guessed. That was the day I took home a massive picture that said "HAPPY BIRTHDAY W***Y-HAM" to stick on my parents fridge. William. It was William. I think about that a lot.
Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent 3 years ago
Thanks Bored Panda censoring the name. W I L L Y H A M. I mean good grief why would anyone name their child that :p
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Matthew Wilkins 3 years ago
My daughter has a similar struggle with that name, she told us get friend was called Jovis/Jofis - his mother corrected us, "it's actually Joseph" :)
Judi Sherosky 2 years ago
I called a kid in kindergarten Paul Ghost..it was Goush pronounced GO SHHH
Debbie Burton 3 years ago
My son's middle name is Joseph.... until he was about 13 he always said Jophes
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago (edited)
Hahahaha! I had 2 boys in my high school - Joey Michaels and Mike Josephs. They were constantly confused for one another by teachers.
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IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago
Or the Spanish fire fighter's twins called José and Hose B
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Paul Rietz 3 years ago
On my first day of my first job out of college, they walked me around to meet the executives. In one VP's office he shook my hand and said, "Paul, John." My first name is Paul, so took that to mean shorthand for "Hi Paul, I'm John." So I replied, "Hi, John." Later I noticed the nameplate on his desk. It said "Paul Jahn."
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Amy Watkins 3 years ago
Reminds me of the time my cousin (early 20s) had missed a phone call from a friend to announce she'd had her baby. Her teenage brother took the call instead -- and when he was informing his sister of the news, of course she asked, "What did they name the baby?" The brother replied, "I dunno. Something like May I Have A Cookie." The baby's name was Mahalia Corrine.
Jake Kittel 3 years ago
When my son started preschool he would talk about his friend a*****e. We where shocked and concerned where he learned this word. We found out the boy’s names was Axel.
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Black Pearl 🇺🇦 3 years ago
I know a girl named Landrey and a few of my friends call her Laundry instead. They used to joke about us being in a lesbian relationship bc they know I hate jokes like that and they would say "Did you do Laundry last night?"
Ben Steinberg 3 years ago
And the reply to them should be: "Last night? No, last night I did your mama..." That should shut them up...
Load More Replies... ZAPanda 3 years ago
I knew a pot plant once called Audrey Two as well. Had an eating disorder.
Lindsey Judd-Bruder 3 years ago
Came here looking for this! Thank you!! 😂
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April Stephens 3 years ago
In some classes, they have you leave the "to" part blank and only sign the "from" part with your own name. I don't know why, maybe to streamline the process of passing them out.
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YourWorstNightmare 3 years ago
Oakleigh is probably somewhere from Utah. We get all sorts of crazy names there, like Abcde pronounced AB-SI-DEE.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I think it's where American school children write valentines cards for their whole class. Weird custom in my opinion.
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Nadja Lambacher 3 years ago
like the tree and -lee at the end. Not that hard.
Load More Replies... Mud spider 3 years ago
I didn’t know oakliegh was a common name I had a friend named that and never thought about what it would sound like
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Temma Tainow 3 years ago
when I was young I thought it was Fredda Stair and Ginger Rogers as well as Paul Azan. I needed to be checked out I think
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sofacushionfort 3 years ago
Saint Audrey was an Irish princess who foreswore necklaces for more humble lace collars. From her comes the word tawdry.
Philo Frost 3 years ago
How about when my daughter was about 4 she said she was so cold she had duck bumps, so that's what we call goose bumps still. And the dust bunnies under the bed are really monster feathers!
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Thanatos Charles 3 years ago
Pillow sheets are a thing tho, it's like a fitted sheet but for pillows, to protect the pillow case after you colour your hair,
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Ben Steinberg 3 years ago
Upvote for the satan-y Rolling Stones reference...
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Raven DeathShade 3 years ago
Oh man, we go to a church that I absolutely hate since the singing is so terrible I have to wear ear plugs so I don't get a panic attack. At that part, I have to really try not to glower at everyone who tries to go near me XD.
Johnny Rodriguez 3 years ago
But they are they are singing 'Symphathy fot the devil' from the Stones..
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Lily Langtry 3 years ago
My friend Erin's dad always called marigolds "eringolds" while she was growing up, so sweet.
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Aidan Pite 3 years ago
I actually do know someone whose first name is Princess, so it's not a crazy assumption.
April Stephens 3 years ago
I recently saw an announcement in an alumni magazine for a woman named Princess who had just graduated from medical school. Kinda cool. Congratulations, Dr. Princess!
Load More Replies... Vanta Black 3 years ago
"A little informal and condescending for an insurance call... and we don't really know each other that well, either."
Sawdust 3 years ago
"I do need you to come in and sign these forms." "OK, fine, Princess."
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M O'Connell 3 years ago
It's not like fish really "f" anyway, they just release clouds of their reproductive cells which do all the "f-ing" just randomly in the water.
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Lily Langtry 3 years ago
Ha, I love it. When I was 3, I kept calling my mom's friend Tish "Tush" instead and didn't understand why they were cracking up...
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Piet Puk 3 years ago
Please keep kids away from religion untill they are adults and can make their own choices.
Julian McCallum 3 years ago
No, show kids how to be a good Christian at a young age.
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Tracey Tait 3 years ago
My son had "yesternight", makes sense; if it's :yesterday "why is it "last night" instead of "yesternight"?
over it already 3 years ago
When my 15 year old was a toddler, our family officially adopted her new word of "underpits" for underarms/armpits.
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Gretchen Esquilin 3 years ago
LMAO I did this w/ my sister's friend. I thought her name was Tuna Cole b/c whenever I'd ask where she was going, she'd say, "To Nicole's...." LOL
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IrrelevantNonsense 3 years ago
poor reece, being called 'greasy' can be a huge insult if used correctly.
BorPand8 3 years ago
Shows he was pretty peace-loving and tolerant guy, even if he did look big and scary
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Amy Watkins 3 years ago
I remember a coworker telling a story of how she dropped off her son Blake for his first day of school, and when she went to pick him up, all his classmates were waving goodbye and shouting, "Bye Blank! Bye Blank!!"
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Isabel Care 3 years ago (edited)
That is how I remember my cousin's son's name. His sister is Ella and I always said he should have been called Sam. But he wasn't. It's just as short, Ben. I can't remember Ben without going via Sam and Ella.
Cynthia Souza 3 years ago
A colleague thought about that name for her daughter, but her husband pointed out the Sam & Ella problem, so they named their daughter Sophie instead.
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Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago
I've heard "memaw" and "pepaw" as grandma and grandpa quite a few times.
sam thecat 3 years ago
In the south every grandma is meemaw or some derivative of it. Like heehaw!
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Sheila Stamey 3 years ago
My friend has a cat named oranges. Plural. Yes it's orange. Named by a kid .
Marie Fleuris 3 years ago
A friend of mine used to have a cat named Stupid. No, that's not a mistake. He actually named it Stupid, because according to him, it was.
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Jennifer Crompton 3 years ago
My son used to jokingly shake his fist and say "You want a piece-a-meat?!?" Took us awhile to figure out he meant "you want a piece of me?"
melikeskpop 3 years ago
oh for heavens sake he just switched the sake with steak (u k like the meat-) ye
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Cocoa Beanz 3 years ago
The pharmacy tech put my address in as Medicine even though I said Madison. She was so confused
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M O'Connell 3 years ago
If anything should changed, a space needs to be added so "Danger" is her middle name!
Chrissa Gordon 3 years ago
Do ppl in Europe also try to shorten names that only have 2 syllables? Always thought that was an American thing.
Upstaged75 3 years ago
That's a universal thing. Why would it only be in the US?
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Sleazy Weaver 3 years ago
look, even if it's a kid, why would you try to correct him on his name? it's his name, he's grown up hearing it & learning it. i think he knows how his own damn name is pronounced, even if it isn't how the name is usually said.
JOHANNA MUELLER 3 years ago
When i saw "(vocalises)" all I could imagine was you singing the names to each other, lol like: Oh you mean SHaUUUaaaaaAaan! No, its SEEEEeeeeeeEEnnnn-uh!
Fluffy Griffin 3 years ago
For too many years, I thought it was Seen. Like.. Sean Bean rhymes. I was probably mid 20s when someone corrected me. (I still say *Seen* Bean first though, and have to correct myself 😅)
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melikeskpop 3 years ago
Remember how I used to be so Stuck in one place, so cold? Feeling like my heart just froze Nowhere to go with no one, nobody Suddenly, you came through Making me make a move Nobody got it like you I can't look away, I can't 'Cause baby, you're a real one, real one Teaching me to feel something so strong (strong) We could reach out and grab it Oh, it's just like magic Feeling your touch, oh, it's a rush No one else has it It's just like magic (just like magic) Oh, it's just like magic Holding me tight, giving me life Oh-oh, it's magic (magic) Oh-oh, it's magic (oh, it's just like magic) Oh-oh, it's magic, oh-oh, it's magic (Just like magic) Oh-oh, it's magic Magic Used to be so afraid Afraid of all the games we played Waited around all day Nowhere to go with no one, nobody Hoping someone would save me 'Til you called out my name Something in me just changed Got me awake, got me Baby, you're a real one, real one Teaching me to feel something so strong (strong) We could reach out and grab
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Rachel Hall 3 years ago
My grandsons first word is Dildo. Clear as day, he calls everything dildo, I'm hoping he's trying to say Willow, which is his dogs name. Rather embarrassing when we went out for lunch with my Dad and my grandson kept calling him dildo 🤦
melikeskpop 3 years ago
oh dang idk how ur gonna deal with that in public i hope he IS trying to say willow not dildo
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Kiss Army 3 years ago
One of the kid's in our family couldn't figure out why a boy's parents would name him Rhonda... they thought the the Florida governor they were talking about on TV was Rhonda Santis.
HarriMissesScotland 3 years ago
That poor kid. No one should have to think about that slime.
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Glen Ellyn 3 years ago
There's also Marc O'Rubio. Yes, that's where my brain went the first time I heard his name spoken. Forgive me. I'm not from Florida. 🤭
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Christina B 3 years ago (edited)
This makes no sense - calling him 'O' yes, 100% absolutely, but him telling a teacher she calls him a 'home-o' just seems a tad fabricated to make a story...sorry i don't buy this at all
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Huddo's sister 3 years ago
Two of my grandfather's brothers were Laurie and Maurie. I found it funny they would have such similar sounding ones. Then I found out they were their nicknames, their real names were Lawrence and Maurice.
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Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago
Lol and the daughter didn't even try to correct her 😆 she must've been chuckling every time her mom said "Martha"
Lily bloom 3 years ago
I hate when people use my name repeatedly. They seem to think it builds rapport but I just find it creepy. "Hi, how can I help you?" "Hi *reads nametag* lily bloom. I'm looking for -whatever- lily bloom" "Sure, we have that right over here" "thank you lily bloom" "that will be $23" "lily bloom, you have been so helpful. Have a nice day lily bloom. Bye lily bloom"
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Q B F T 3 years ago
Met a girl in Seoul - "I'm Su-Hai". "Nice to meet you Su-Hai." Hung out for a few days before she said, "Why do you always call me 'Su-Hai'? It's just 'Su'". Turns out she said "I'm Su, hi." She wasn't good at pauses.
K Witmer 3 years ago
My nephew would scream Fucktruck for firetruck whenever he saw or heard the truck or siren, ambulances too.
Adam Zad 3 years ago
To keep my language clean, I use a word that begins with "F" and ends with "uck." Firetruck!
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Lolly 3 years ago
My husbands friend introduced him to someone called jib a few years ago and they became great friends. 2 years later jib and his new partner come over for dinner. After a while new partner says "why do you keep calling him jib" husband "erm cos that's his name......" Turns out when introductions were made years ago first friend had a cold. JIM his name was Jim. 2 years!!!!! Don't know why he never corrected him, probably just too awkward after a while 😂
Emmydearest 3 years ago
So he said "I'm Jib" and nothing else? Like, not even a "nice to Beet you" or something?
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Troux 3 years ago (edited)
A friend of mine was studying Japanese in college and he was happy to be a host family for a visiting Japanese exchange student. Unfortunately, her flight would arrive at the same time as his appointment on the other side of town. So he asked his brother to go and pick her up from the airport. "Yeah, no problem. Uhhh, how should I greet her though?" "What do you mean?" "Well I just wanted to be able to greet her in Japanese when I see her." "Oh, I see! Well, she'll arrive in the morning, so...say 'Ohayo!' Like oh-ha-yo." "Oh...hah...yo? Like that?" "Close... Actually, it's just like Ohio! Just remember the name of the state and say that!" "Ohio!" "Perfect!" Fast forward to the day she's arriving, the brother is waiting as the tram is unloading passengers. Then he spots her through the crowd, they make eye contact and he smiles big and waves to her. Excited, he yells out to greet her just as he remembered: "Hawaii!!"
Cally Crombie 3 years ago
I asked a colleague what her son's name was, as she'd just given birth. "Urine" she said. Thinking this was rather odd but didn't want to be rude I said "urine? Uh.. nice name" turned out she had a speech impediment and her son is actually called Ewan.
Troux 3 years ago
(via Reader's Digest, probably untrue) A mother asked her young girl what she did today in Sunday School. "We learned about a cross-eyed bear named Gladly!" she responded. The mother gave her a puzzled look and questioned, "Really? That doesn't sound right..." The girl insisted, "Yeah really! We sang a song about him!" The mother then took her book of hymns and opened it up to the bookmark, finding the song 'Gladly the Cross I'd Bear.'
Kathy Pearlman 3 years ago
There's a book called Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear by Ed Mc Bain. 12th in the Matthew Hope series.
Load More Replies... Q B F T 3 years ago
Met a girl in Seoul - "I'm Su-Hai". "Nice to meet you Su-Hai." Hung out for a few days before she said, "Why do you always call me 'Su-Hai'? It's just 'Su'". Turns out she said "I'm Su, hi." She wasn't good at pauses.
K Witmer 3 years ago
My nephew would scream Fucktruck for firetruck whenever he saw or heard the truck or siren, ambulances too.
Adam Zad 3 years ago
To keep my language clean, I use a word that begins with "F" and ends with "uck." Firetruck!
Load More Replies... Lolly 3 years ago
My husbands friend introduced him to someone called jib a few years ago and they became great friends. 2 years later jib and his new partner come over for dinner. After a while new partner says "why do you keep calling him jib" husband "erm cos that's his name......" Turns out when introductions were made years ago first friend had a cold. JIM his name was Jim. 2 years!!!!! Don't know why he never corrected him, probably just too awkward after a while 😂
Emmydearest 3 years ago
So he said "I'm Jib" and nothing else? Like, not even a "nice to Beet you" or something?
Load More Replies... Troux 3 years ago (edited)
A friend of mine was studying Japanese in college and he was happy to be a host family for a visiting Japanese exchange student. Unfortunately, her flight would arrive at the same time as his appointment on the other side of town. So he asked his brother to go and pick her up from the airport. "Yeah, no problem. Uhhh, how should I greet her though?" "What do you mean?" "Well I just wanted to be able to greet her in Japanese when I see her." "Oh, I see! Well, she'll arrive in the morning, so...say 'Ohayo!' Like oh-ha-yo." "Oh...hah...yo? Like that?" "Close... Actually, it's just like Ohio! Just remember the name of the state and say that!" "Ohio!" "Perfect!" Fast forward to the day she's arriving, the brother is waiting as the tram is unloading passengers. Then he spots her through the crowd, they make eye contact and he smiles big and waves to her. Excited, he yells out to greet her just as he remembered: "Hawaii!!"
Cally Crombie 3 years ago
I asked a colleague what her son's name was, as she'd just given birth. "Urine" she said. Thinking this was rather odd but didn't want to be rude I said "urine? Uh.. nice name" turned out she had a speech impediment and her son is actually called Ewan.
Troux 3 years ago
(via Reader's Digest, probably untrue) A mother asked her young girl what she did today in Sunday School. "We learned about a cross-eyed bear named Gladly!" she responded. The mother gave her a puzzled look and questioned, "Really? That doesn't sound right..." The girl insisted, "Yeah really! We sang a song about him!" The mother then took her book of hymns and opened it up to the bookmark, finding the song 'Gladly the Cross I'd Bear.'
Kathy Pearlman 3 years ago
There's a book called Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear by Ed Mc Bain. 12th in the Matthew Hope series.
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