I used to believe that until I was 6 that all people, no matter what language they spook or read, spook and thought words in English in their head. I remember looking at a Spanish picture book, and thought "Silly people, why don't they just speak English instead of speaking this stuff. It would be a lot easier."

Anon

Once I told the teacher "I'm almost done!" Thinking I had just let her know I was as finished as I can be, I was quite confused to hear her say" Well go and finish it up then, Suzie." I learned quickly what "almost" meant. This was in kindergarten, I was still kind of new to English--even though strangely teachers had no idea it was my 2nd language--I heard a kid using the word "almsot" and I liked it.

Soo

When I was baout 4 I didn't know the English word for "grass". I used to call all ordinary grass "hashish". I had no idea what that really referred to...lol

Soo

my parents use to talk in chinese (my 2nd language) and subsequently hakka and teochew (their dilects) when they didnt want me or my sister to know what they were talking about. i use to think that i was a code they made up in the middle of the night and that it wasnt a real language at all.

caris

I used to believe that if someone from japan wrote something in japanese, It would look english to japanese people but japanese to everyone else

Jake

Coming to the states when I was four, I thought English was jibberish. So people always talked "jibbierish" so I joined in. Man I must have looked dumb.

wadawadabingbnag

I used to believe that to speak spanish, you would have to add an O to the end of every english word. (Hi!=Hio!, I'm bored=I'mo boredo)

LiLTiger

When i was little, i watched sesame street alot, and they would do a number song in spanish. Well, i must have miss understood them, because for the longest time i would sing, Uno, dos, tres, CUATHRO... my mom tried to correct me but i argues with her because thats what i thought i heard!

Diane

I used to believe that if you would go to an other country and talk about music you would have to translate the band's name into that native language. (i.e. The Doors = Las Puertas)

Cassandra

When I was young, I thought everyone in the world understood English.

Tia

I used to believe that when someone was born, no matter what country they lived in, automatically spoke English, and that their parents would have to teach them their native language.

deborah

I used to belive that everyone spoke the same language. i thought the people talking in different languages were just talkng jibberish.

Andrew

I used to believe the first language you knew and learned is the only one you could learn. It was like it was against the law, or your brain couldn't handle it. LOL!!!

LOL child

wen i was a lickle baby girl i thought that everyone spoke in different languages but they thought in English.

Ally

I used to believe, when I was younger, that people who would speak in different languages were speaking English but only backwards...-__-

Blu

My friend, who's nearly 13, recently exclaimed in a Latin lesson that she thought the ancient people (who actually spoke Latin as well as writing it) only wrote Latin but they spoke in English.

Jesi

I thought people in other (non-Enligh speaking) countries were smarter than we English speakers, because they would think in English and then translate to say, Latvian, or whatever language they spoke, before saying it outloud.

Bethan

my brother thinks that every foreign language he hears is spanish

Ryan