this reminds me of when I first met one of my all time atds at uni. we were chatting for a bit before a lecture, and I’d said ‘oh, I live in mile end’ and he said ‘yeah I go clubbing there’ and I was like ‘errr…ok cool!’ and thought he was a bit of a weirdo for saying that because there are no nightclubs in mile end and who would say that anyway. he also is a massive stoner type guy - loose cotton shirts, talks about keats a lot in casual party situations etc.
turns out he was actually saying ‘climbing’ (there’s a big old climbing wall in mile end) and boy did I have a red face.