I used to believe that American people were the only people in the world who didn't have accents. I always conplained that I was born in the one place where people didn't have accents. I got over it, though, when my brother informed me that I have an American accent.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that people were born with accents.Anon
- I thought that all black people were African-AmericanAnon
- I used to believe that people who were african american were dark because they drank to much hot cocoa.Anon
- I used to believe that african american people were black because they ate too much CoCo Puffs— Jessica
- Living near Canada's border without cable, I didn't know I was American. — Romania
- I used to believe that only 'poor' people had to go to the bathroom, that 'rich' people didn't.Anon