When I was six or something my best friend had asked her mum what the 'f' word was, saying she'd never tell anyone. Her mum told her it was 'frettle'. My friend told me and for years we went on believing that the 'f' word was frettle!
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- i used to think that the word "stupid" was a curse word, ranging in scale right beside the "f" word.Anon
- My friend's mom told my friend's little sister thatI when a dog died, it went to a retirement home.— ellen
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- When I was little I believed that the "F word" was fart. My mom laughed at me when I told her.Anon
- I used to think the word fever was just another word for giraff— Marshall m
- I used to believe everything starting with f was a bad word after I learned about the "f-word". — Sarah