Swanaldo
Very well known Exeweb poster
- Joined
- May 3, 2005
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What seemingly-obvious things did you not cotton onto until later life?
For example:
It took me a long time to realise that the written word 'Ascertain' was the same word I had been hearing and using, pronounced 'assatain'.
I must have read two or three novels by David Mitchell before realising that he wasn't the guy from Peep Show.
For decades I thought the War of the Worlds soundtrack was by the guy from ELO. (Jeff Lynne/Jeff Wayne - two completely different people)
Didn't get the 'Deep Thought' gag* from Hitchhikers for a long time.
As a child, I thought that when you sent in, say, 10 Monster Munch packets to get a free badge, that they'd wash out the packets and use them again.
So, 'fess up fellow Exewebbers.
*no pun intended.
For example:
It took me a long time to realise that the written word 'Ascertain' was the same word I had been hearing and using, pronounced 'assatain'.
I must have read two or three novels by David Mitchell before realising that he wasn't the guy from Peep Show.
For decades I thought the War of the Worlds soundtrack was by the guy from ELO. (Jeff Lynne/Jeff Wayne - two completely different people)
Didn't get the 'Deep Thought' gag* from Hitchhikers for a long time.
As a child, I thought that when you sent in, say, 10 Monster Munch packets to get a free badge, that they'd wash out the packets and use them again.
So, 'fess up fellow Exewebbers.
*no pun intended.