When I was 9 or 10, I used to call my friend a "dildo". For some reason, I thought it meant "silly", until my friend's horrified mother told me otherwise!!
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- "dildo is an extinct bird"
my 18 year old friend fell for that.— pebblezzz - My friend's mom told my friend's little sister thatI when a dog died, it went to a retirement home.— ellen
- When I was little, my dad had a friend named Scott. I thought my dad's friend was the king of Scotland— Uhhh....
- My friend thought it was SO WIERD that he was born on his birthday when I told him he was.Anon
- When my friend told me her cat was moulting I thought she said melting. I was confused for a while.Anon
- My friend Chris told me that when he was young, he thought that "elemeno" was the letter between k and p.— Jocelyn666