I grew up in southern long island, New York, and went to the beach a lot. The horizon of one particular beach I went to a lot had a bit of land in the far distance. I knew that England was across the ocean, and I assumed that land in the distance was england. When i was 4, i almost drowned trying to swim there ( i wanted to meet the Queen so badly!). My brother saved me and crushed my beliefs by telling me the land was not england; it was staten island and queens. go figure.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I thought the England was EDGE-land but england was ENG-landAnon
- i used to believe that 'island' was pronounced 'is-land' instead. I know im not alone on that one! :)
— Da KornMeal - I used to think that
"The land of make believe"
was
"The land of baked beans."— Baked Bean! - My Dad told me that the Queen of England had a solid gold toilet and a special servant to wipe her backside.— Cat
- I used to believe that England was in the Moon.
I am from Brazil!Anon - I used to think that there were no bombs or casualties in England in World War One!— History person