I believed that all swear words were modern inventions and that someone sat in an office creating them, just like someone else who created jokes, *all* of them.
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- I thought there were some swear words so bad if you said them you would go to jail!— Mexicrat
- When I was a child I used to believe that stand up pianos actually told jokes as well as playing music.— L MAN
- I used to believe that politicians actually ran (like in a race) for office.— m
- Thunders are created because of the collision of cloudsAnon
- I used to think 'To Let' on disused office buildings meant they were big toilets.— Tracey
- I used to believe that the people who take your blood at the doctor's office were vampires. — Andy