When I was a kid, I thought the words on maps existed in the real world--for example, in the United States, the words UNITED STATES were actually carved into the ground. (A giant "U" in California, an "N" in Nevada, and so forth...)
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the maps for the United States and Texas were identical.— JTexas
- I used to believe that America was one of the states of the United States.— Limor
- i used to think France was in the united states
— TY - I used to think that Los Angeles took up half the United StatesAnon
- I used to believe that the United States were a planet, since I'm from another country.Anon
- I used to believe that the United States covered almost the entire planet.— RAB