i had no idea that gherkin was a word until i read this website, and thought that it was a made up word until i read that it was a pickle. i suppose it must be british, ah well.
A childhood belief about gherkins

others believed things like this
- Up until 5 seconds ago, I had no idea wat a gherkin was— It's a little cucumber, stupid!
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- When I was younger I thought I had made up the word "nipples" and "thinga-majigger" — Amelia
- I used to think the word fever was just another word for giraff— Marshall m
- I used to think that the word blurb was a noise that people made when being sick. Bluuuggghhh.— Natasha
- i thought grown ups read in a different language!Anon