Reasoning

[stoutfellow]

I remember, as a child, persuading myself that a light sleeper was someone who could be awakened by light (e.g., by turning on a lamp), whereas a sound sleeper could only be awakened by sound.

Does anyone else remember making similar, perfectly reasonable but utterly wrong, linguistic interpretations?

Comments

[mareklamo.livejournal.com]

Until fairly recently, my sister thought "moon-faced" people had long, thin faces with pointy chins.