My Aunt is Greek so when we were little, she and my Greek cousins taught us all sorts of Greek words. For some reason, I got the idea that "penis" was the Greek word for everyones' private parts so I told everyone in my dance class that I had a penis.
A childhood belief about foreign languages

others believed things like this
- i used to believe all foriegn languages were greek if you learned greek you could speak them all
— pappy 6 27 35 - I used to believe that the red thing in the middle of a Greek olive was the pit.— Liz
- For a while I thought Anon was a name of an ancient philosopher. Probably Greek.— zeforeigner
- I used to think that Frankie Avalon sang, "Hey Penis, Oh, penis..." instead of "Hey Venus."Anon
- When I was a child, I used to believe that armpits were private parts— Duda Gueiros
- I used to think that your cousins are your cousins only until they're 21, then they become your aunt,or uncle!— AMILA