Comments on: Misunderstood Words https://booksbywomen.org/misunderstood-words/ Tue, 22 Oct 2013 18:15:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Women Writers, Women, Books https://booksbywomen.org/misunderstood-words/#comment-7086 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 18:15:43 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=9922#comment-7086 In reply to Sylvia Freeman.

I love hearing stories like this. When I was overseas and met someone from “Merryland” I thought it was the place where everyone was happy. (It was disappointing years later when I saw how it was spelled.) – Anora McG

]]> By: Sylvia Freeman https://booksbywomen.org/misunderstood-words/#comment-7076 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:52:45 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=9922#comment-7076 When I was a child in the South and heard about the Civil War, I thought it was the Silver War!!

]]> By: Julie Luek https://booksbywomen.org/misunderstood-words/#comment-5921 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 15:06:45 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=9922#comment-5921 Ha! These are classic. The last one reminded me of the mother of a boy I dated in high school. She thought to “make out” meant to “chat” and would always tell us to head on down to the basement and make out. Needless to say we willingly obliged. 😉

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