I used to think that whenever I heard (or read..) someone say 'Nuff said. I thought that it meant that someone named Nuff said it. I used to think "Wow, this Nuff guy must be really popular and smart!"
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that smart people were smart because they drank a lot of teaAnon
- When I first heard the words "flea market", I actually thought it meant "selling fleas".Anon
- For years I heard the word "pedophile" and thought it meant a pedicurist's tool.— Lauren
- the dance settee seems to be very popular... I'm another one who thought of Jesus dancing on a sofa....Anon
- I thought that smart people never made mistakes!— eeeeeeeeeeeeegggggg
- I didn't mind eating lambs brains when I was a kid because I thought it would make me smart.Anon