When my mom was little--six or seven--she had a friend of the same age. My family is Armenian, and my mom's friend is a Wonderbread American girl.

So, at dinner one night, my mom's friend asked her parents,

"Mom, Dad, if Vicky is OUR-menian, are we HER-menian?"

Forty five years later, she still loves that story.

cvdrumsta

When I was growing up there were only four countries: The United States, Canada, China, and Russia. China and Russia were on the other side of Earth and right next to each other, like Canada and the US are. And the Cold War was named that because it was in Russia, and it was cold there.

Anon

I used to ask my mum why Americans put on funny accents and why they just didn't speak normally like Australians.

Anon

I remember my mom explaining languages to me while in a mall after hearing someone speak spanish. For some reason after that I always associated the Japanese with suits from the mall and thought you could tell someone was Japanese if they were wearing a suit.

Stephen

I am Canadian and when I was little I would sing "True Pastry Love" instead of 'True Patriot Love"

Jess

When I was young, I believed that because my mother was born in New Mexico, that I was part Mexican.

Anon

One time I heard that 1 in 4 people in the world was Chinese. I thought that meant one out of every four. For weeks, I would look around my class of predominantly caucasian students figure out which of them were really Chinese.

nicole

When i was about 5 years old my parents would say not to drop the flag or well have to burn it soo until i was like nine i used to beleive that if a flag touched the ground it would simeltaniously combust

dsl

when I was about 7 we used to go on holiday to North Wales, and one time we stopped at a remote house to ask for directions. When my stepdad got back in the car he said "I can't believe that man's a geordie - what's a geordie doing in the middle of Wales?" and for some reason, from that moment on I thought a geordie was some kind of subversive, international terrorist..... (for those not in the UK a geordie is someone who speaks with a Newcastle accent)

Ian

Until I was about 16 I thought that Palestinians were actually called "Palaced Indians."

Anon

Up until I was about 10, I used to think that all italians lived in huge house, had mistashes(like mario), ate spagettie every night for dinner, were always joyful and sang italian songs all day and night, lol.

anon

I used to beleive that the people in Australia had sticky feet. That way they wouldn't fall off the earth.

Bradda J

i used to think that the japanese were so cool with their fans all the time til a friend told me that they(the women) only did that becos back in those days they didnt have toothpaste so they had gross breath and the fans were there to cover their mouths and the smell and hide their yellow (unbrushed) teeth ;)

heheHe

When I was little, I was told that I should finish my plate, because children were starving in China...
Whenever we ate chinese food, I was convinced I was eating a poor starving child's food!

Andreas Harris

I remember being told as a child that people in China (being on the other side of the world and opposite us, I assume) ate their dessert first. I don't recall if I REALLY actually believed this or not.

Roxanne

(i am a Chinese)When i was small,i used to believe every westeners are rich and beauty.When my school teacher told me there are beggers in the west,i was very upset.

Mag

I used to believe the Egyptians lives in appalling squalor because they lived next to the Sewage Canal (Suez - get it?)

John the Finn

When I was young, I would listen to people talk about "foreigners" and think they were referring to the inhabitants of some specific country. So, one beautiful day, my dad asked me "Do you know where foreigners come from, dear?", to which I hesitantly replied: "Uh... From Foreign?..."

rcguim

i used to think that albinos were from Abania..

Cass

I used to believe that a racist is something like a person who loves to race on the racetrack.

Anon