What really obvious thing have you only just realised?

How to spell the following:

Diabolical (which is a disgrace considering it's so close to it's phonetic)
Marrakeck
Amendment (been putting in an extra M for years)

Oh god, so many!

1. Thought Singapore was the capital of china
2. That Russia was a continent
3. That Canada was in America
4. Thought Honolulu was a fictional place that my mother was talking about to avoid telling me where she was going.
5. That kaput was a German word meaning 'broken'
6. That Tottenham, arsenal etc were areas of London and not towns in England.
7. That 'pronto' does not mean 'quickly' but means 'ready'
8. That speedy Gonzales was not just coming out with gibberish and was actually speaking Spanish.
9. That brazilians speak Portuguese
10. That Cincinnati is not pronounced Chin Chin atti - oh the embarrassment!
11. That rice crispier were made from rice.
12. That sweet corn comes off the cob (I thought they were 2 separate vegetables)

I could go on .........

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

This is true aswell

I thought it was part of the US