Until I was about 10 or 11 I believed that Joan of Arc, the French martyr, was really named "Joana Vark" It made sense to me! (I guess people speak fast where I'm from)
A childhood belief about history

others believed things like this
- when i was 2 or 3 believed that i had lots of animals in my tummy it made sense my mum had baby in hers.— kjc
- I used to believe that french fries were made of bread.— tendersoul
- I used to believe that french kiss was something coming from France, and that only the French did it— Sasha
- I used to think that you had to be french to really taste french fries.— Not French;)
- I used to believe that people on the T.V got into the T.V set to speak— Altair
- I used to believe that French people where green-like the Statue of Liberty!— Joey