Two examples from my kiddiness
ONE: I had a playground argument with Andrew in my class about where Sesame Street was made. Andrew was absoutely sure it was made in New York, and I was 100% sure he was wrong.
We went over to the school dinner lady, Mrs Harris, who was watching over us that playtime, for an adjudication. She agreed with Andrew, so I said
"But it HAS to be made in Africa, because they don't have black people anywhere else!!"
(In my defence, it was a rural primary school in the Welsh Marches in the 1970s i.e. about as white as you can get.)

TWO: Years of teenaged wanking over the knicker pages of my mum's Grattan catalogues had firmly imprinted the word "lingerie" on my brain, but I'd never heard anyone say it out loud.
Consequently I was very surprised when I found it was a French word and categorically did not rhyme with "finger me".
I still think it sounds much more furtive and dirty-mac when pronounced my way.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 21:24, 3 replies)

I'm happy
To agree with you. Nothing about wales. I spent a few years of ignorance in London too. Were not as bright as everyone like to dislike us for..
( DeadEyeDick, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 21:46, closed)

I'm a girly but I thought that's how it was pronounced too
Also, how did you think 'negligee' sounded? Neg-lig-gee? Thought so.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Mon 22 Mar 2010, 21:57, closed)

Neg Liggy. Linger Ee.
It's obvious, innit?
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 0:17, closed)