Things that you thought you knew, that were wrong your whole life.

I couldn't remember any when I first saw this thread.

Just remembered that I used to think it was itso facto. One day I decided to google it for spelling realised I had been saying it wrong for years. It's actually ipso facto and is derived from Latin.

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13142695:Olimar said:
I thought it was wheelBARREL for the longest time until I got a smart phone like two years ago and autocorrect wouldnt recognize the word and I eventually looked it up and learned it was WheelBARROW
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Well shit...
 
Growing up, I thought Derek Jeter was Jewish so he served as a perfect role model for me. It wasn't until about age 11 that I found out he wasn't when I read his biography. My whole world was shattered that day.
 
what is wrong with all of you people regarding Disney? I mean-- didn't you recognize that Disney, would have "Disney" on their items? Not Gisney, Digney, or Disnep? Didn't you recognize how that didn't make sense?

I wouldn't go to a Toyota dealership, and a buy a new toyota, and think that the cursive on the back said "Topota"...even if it was a blatant "p"-- I'd go inside and be like..."why does your 'y' look like a 'p'? I would understand that no matter what it slightly resembled, it more than likely says Toyota for God sakes.
 
When I was a kid I thought the song "we built this city on rock and roll" or whatever it is called was based on my town because it was on local radio
 
I've mistaken crap and shoot for craps shoot my whole life until i was gruesomly corrected in english the other day
 
13150328:iFlip said:
I think you posted this for bait but just in case, it is "for God's sake."
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lol, no. I didn't mean to post that I just wasn't paying attention and was a little riled up over the Disney thing. Touché.
 
13150342:TheTrap said:
I've mistaken crap and shoot for craps shoot my whole life until i was gruesomly corrected in english the other day
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wait..you mean you thought it was crap and shoot, or you thought it was craps shoot?

I'm pretty sure it's craps shoot-- that's what I've always thought--like a roll of the die in craps. so "its a craps shoot" would mean to throw the die in craps...you don't know what you're gonna get.
 
13150356:snobunny said:
wait..you mean you thought it was crap and shoot, or you thought it was craps shoot?

I'm pretty sure it's craps shoot-- that's what I've always thought--like a roll of the die in craps. so "its a craps shoot" would mean to throw the die in craps...you don't know what you're gonna get.
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just looked it up and its crapshoot...and apparently "a game of crap"...still, its not "crap and shoot,"...also, why do they call it craps in casinos if its really just crap?
 
ok, here are mine

-I definitely didn't know it was "intents and purposes" until I was like 15

-when I was like 6 I thought that "ass" meant penis, and that an asshole was the tip in the penis

-I believed in Santa far longer than any of my peers

-when I was little, I thought that sex was just scissoring
 
Up until age 14, I didnt know the "xing" on street sings meant "crossing" and I was always too embarrassed to ask what xing meant, so I figured I just didn't know the word.
 
13149948:FBGM said:
I mean it's not in Virginia either...
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oh for fuck sake. Fuck you brain for being dumb. Well now when I go to America I won't make a fool out of myself.
 
13150527:ChubbyBoy said:
oh for fuck sake. Fuck you brain for being dumb. Well now when I go to America I won't make a fool out of myself.
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oh. I retract my previous comment. I thought you were American and that's why I was so surprised.
 
I thought that 90's song "Save Tonight" was Save the Mice for years. I remember being so surprised when I found out Eagle Eye Cherry wasn't actually singing about protecting small rodents.
 
13150531:snobunny said:
oh. I retract my previous comment. I thought you were American and that's why I was so surprised.
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probably should of put that in my initial post so I didn't look like a down syndromic kid was beaten by his step dad.
 
13150611:ChubbyBoy said:
Stop smoking marijuana. My grandma said it turns you evil like Hitler and gays.
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actually, sober as can be. at work. hence why i need help. at least i'd have an excuse if i were on drugs.....
 
I didn't realize I'd been tying my shoes the wrong way my entire life until I was sixteen. I still tie them the wrong way because I don't know how to tie them correctly.
 
i didnt notice the toronto blue jays logo is actually a blue jay until i was like 12.

i waz always like wtf is that thing? it doesnt even make sense.

then when i finally noticed i couldnt tell anyone cause people were already suspicious of my retardation, and this would have just solidified it.

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Wow, just learned this week that "Divide and Conquer" is the opposite of what always thought it was. To me, it made sense that the people doing the conquering, go out there dividing themselves to conquer everyone.... Like divvying up from different directions and areas... Gonna have to work on this one
 
13150466:domeinthebutt said:
Up until age 14, I didnt know the "xing" on street sings meant "crossing" and I was always too embarrassed to ask what xing meant, so I figured I just didn't know the word.
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I when to America like 2 years ago and i kept seeing "xing" printing on signs and the road. I thought it was pronounced "zing" and i was like, "ayoo mum da fuck it say zing on the road fo'".
 
I have a friend who always says gold fish when playing go fish even though I've told him plenty of times it's go fish. Hes am.ist 20 and still does it.
 
13158535:Hallmark said:
I have a friend who always says gold fish when playing go fish even though I've told him plenty of times it's go fish. Hes am.ist 20 and still does it.
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youre 20 and still play go fish??

step it up to some crazy 8's there big guy.
 
Hard to explain over text, but I thought facade was pronounced 'fa-kade" and facade how it's actually pronounced was spelled "fasaed" or something along those lines, I still knew what they both ment, just didn't realize they were the same word until my friend called me out on it hahaha
 
I'm so dumb, before I ever learned how the Earth and sun worked I had only known that the farther you go south the hotter it gets, when I learned about Antarctica and how cold it was I was super confused. So I made the assumption that it was so hot it was cold, and this made sense to me because I had once put my hand under burning hot water to the point that it numbed my hand and made it feel cold. I was like 5 so give me a break
 
Until a week ago I thought the song opened with "Sean Paul so hard ...etc etc" not "So I ball so hard"
 
13168313:Lemuel said:
Until a week ago I thought the song opened with "Sean Paul so hard ...etc etc" not "So I ball so hard"
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lol same song I thought he was saying "what she order, bitch fillet" not "fish fillet"
 
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