After misunderstanding the term tummy ache as tummy egg, a three-year-old has questions. This is part of a complete episode.
When she was a child, Chris from Santa Rosa, California, misunderstood the definition of the word vehicle—with amusing results. This is part of a complete episode.
Rose in Lebanon, Virginia recalls a phrase passed down from her great-grandmother: The night before the first day of school, parents would come into the children’s bedroom and say in a singsong voice: School butter, school butter. This...
Taylor in Casper, Wyoming, carefully prepared her three-year-old son to meet his great grandparents for the first time. He misunderstood the great, and calls them Grandma and Grandpa Grape. Naturally, so does the rest of the family. Grant observes...
Our conversation about the phrase I beg your pardon reminded Patricia in Greenville, North Carolina, of a playground taunt from her childhood. If one kid said I beg your pardon, another would respond I grant your grace, I hope the cat will spit in...
A listener in Hong Kong reports a funny misunderstanding: My niece is convinced that Abraham Lincoln’s name is actually Abraham LinkedIn and I will never hear it any other way again. This is part of a complete episode.