When I was six at school we had a girl from Australia join us. Being interested in animals, I wanted to know what they were called in Australian. I didn't believe her when she told me a Kangaroo was called a Kangaroo in Australian nor when she told me a Koala Bear was called a Koala Bear. I told her she was making it up and wasn't really from Australia. I am now 33.
A childhood belief about foreign languages
others believed things like this
- when I was little my uncle told me he was part bear. I believed people could be part bear until I was twelve. — Audrey
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie
- Abba - Happy New Year
"Kangaroo year,
Kangaroo year..."— Santa Puncher - When I was little I used to believe that I was a koala/ penguin it really scared away a few people.— Koalaluver
- My brothers friend still thinks he will be a kangaroo when he grows up and he's 9!!!!!— Jane Rom
- I believed that the breed of dog called Boxer was called that because they could stand up and box.Anon