Merlu to AsklemmyEnglish · 8 hours agoWhat's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ?message-squaremessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up191arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ?Merlu to AsklemmyEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square75fedilinkfile-text
When i was a child, i believed autopilot really worked like in the movie Airplane, that it was an inflatable dummy.
minus-squarelordnikon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 hours agoMy grandmother told me England was not part of the European continent. I got an answer wrong on a test because of that. She refused admit she was wrong even after I showed her in my text book.
minus-squaredavelAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-23 hours agoEngland is not a part of the Eurasian continent nor a part of Continental Europe. It’s on the Isle of Great Britain, which is an island, not a continent. She refused to admit she was wrong because she was right and your textbook was wrong.
minus-squareSundray@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoWell, at least you share a tectonic plate, so that’s nice.
My grandmother told me England was not part of the European continent. I got an answer wrong on a test because of that. She refused admit she was wrong even after I showed her in my text book.
England is not a part of the Eurasian continent nor a part of Continental Europe. It’s on the Isle of Great Britain, which is an island, not a continent. She refused to admit she was wrong because she was right and your textbook was wrong.
Well, at least you share a tectonic plate, so that’s nice.