I used to believe that I actually invented the word "excellent".
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- Up until 8th grade or so, I was convinced that I invented the word "Fart"— Jonah
- I used to believe that I invented the X Y coordinate system.Anon
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- I believed that I had invented reef knots.— Phil
- I thought Napoleon invented linoleum.— Steve Murphy
- I used to believe that President Ford invented the automobile.Anon