One of my earliest memories was as I was learning new words, I got very confused by cuss words, particularly Darn and Damn. I couldn't remember which word was the "OK" word to use.
Imagine a 2 year old suddenly shouting "DAMN!" after tripping!
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- sophie b. hawkins. Damn I wish I was your lover. I heard Damn I wish I was your motherAnon
- I thought the word economical was actually two words: eek and omical.
— Nancy M. - I used to believe that the words Angliphile and Francophile were related to the word paedophiles.Anon
- i used to think that the word "stupid" was a curse word, ranging in scale right beside the "f" word.Anon
- When I was learning the alphabet,I thought elemeno was one word.— Rick H.
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny