I used to ask my mum why Americans put on funny accents and why they just didn't speak normally like Australians.
A childhood belief about nationalities

others believed things like this
- Because of Pocahontas, I grew up believing Native Americans noises sounded like English to Native Americans.Anon
- I used to believe that people were born with accents.Anon
- I used to believe that my dog could speak English, but he just didn't feel like it.— Mariah
- I usd to believe that, all Americans were left handed and we all died when we reached our 100th birthday!— Greg Baron
- when i was a kid i used to believe the monkey could speak— killian
- I used to believe that people on the T.V got into the T.V set to speak— Altair