As a little girl, I called windshield wipers "heeter skeeters". To this day, my parents have no clue where that came from.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- I believed as a child that the proper name for windscreen wipers was "lig-logs".— Ray
- Until I was about 11, I thought it was called a 'Girl Cheese' sandwhich.— Chris
- I used to see water towers and think that Aladdin lived in them. I don't have a clue why.— Jessy
- I used to believe that all parents were called "Inge and Dirk", just like mine— eva
- I used to believe that grilled cheese was called 'girl cheese,' and only girls could eat it.— Paige
- When I was younger, I saw Madonna's video for "Material Girl". I thought she was singing "I'm a Cheerio Girl"!— Greg