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#1: Belita (belita) on Oct 1, 2025

Oh, now I have to make a puzzle about my blunder.

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In 2nd grade, reading aloud, the printed words were "Calm down!". I -- transposing the a and l -- said, "Clam down!"

Don't feel bad, Susan. I thought Chick A Fill was a strange name for a fast food joint.

You are all so funny!

I was in English class, 8th grade maybe, and I had read my assignment and thought it was weird that chic (in my head pronounced "chick") had a meaning that was so close to the word I knew from hearing it pronounced "sheek". I was so relieved after a girl read the passage aloud and pronounced chic as "sheek". I would have said it wrong and been so embarrassed. That day two different words merged into one.

Dave, I realized (in my 40s) that "La Jolla" was pronounced "La Hoya" this entire time. I blame Oscar de la Hoya for that one!

In college I was sitting in an informal psychology discussion with some students, a few psych professors and my major psych advisor. I forget the topic but I recall trying to make a profound statement and getting a lisp attack. Posthumously camed out poth-humously. I coulda' died.

First time I saw a Chick Fill A, I thought it was chick fill ah. Called it that until someone finally corrected me.

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