i used to believe that every1 in the world knew every single word and that we just hadnt heard them all yet, but that wen we did we instantly knew wat they meant..... It took a few missused words to discover that this wasnt quite true
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- 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
- I used to think that when I saw someone on TV whom I knew to be dead , it meant that it was his or her ghost.— Sophie
- I used to believe that I was the only person in the entire world who knew about my favorite ratio station.— Gillian
- I used to think everyone in the world knew and thought in English, but choose to speak different languages. Anon
- Even though I knew about Roman numerals when I was younger, I thought that there was 11 world wars.Anon