I usd to think that Plymouth, where I lived as a child, was bigger than London. I also thought that England was bigger than Britain. England was male and Britain was female, so it made sense, since men are generally taller than women.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that everybody who was bigger or taller than I was always older than me.— Stano Finji
- I thought the England was EDGE-land but england was ENG-landAnon
- I used to think that the word Great was added to Britain because they won the Second World War.— Age
- When I was a child, I used to think that if I lied my nose would grow bigger.Anon
- I used to think that to desex an animal meant to turn it from a male to a female or female to male.— Phil
- Until recently I thought that Scotland was seperate from England. I am 27 Anon