i used to think sting's song, the one that went "i'm an alien, an illegal alien, im an englishman in new york" said "i'm a jamaican in new yorK".. funny he didnt sound jamaican to me....
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- When I was young I thought that York Peppermint Patties were illegal drugs.— Shirley B.
- I thought the ball-headed person in the Bic logo was an alien and communicated using alien-like noises.Anon
- Oh oh, I'm an alien, I'm a little alien...
Legal maybe?— Marina - I used to think that New York was pronounced "Yew Nork"Anon
- That there was an underground tunnel linking New York to San Francisco.— Christophe Chang
- I used to believe that the "real" Santa Claus was at Macy's in New York City. All the rest were fakes. — Marcia