I used to believe that all languages were written exactly the same (ie: in English) it was just that different nationalities said the words differently.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the Bible was written by Moses, with God whispering everything in his ear, in English. — Jj
- At the age of four I believed I was soooo smart. I spoke TWO languages...English AND American!— Melinda
- I used to think everyone in the world knew and thought in English, but choose to speak different languages. Anon
- I used to wander what my name would be in other languages. I thought that names worked the same way as words. — Simon
- I used to believe that all languages were just jiberish and I asked my mom why they didn't use real words.Anon
- I used to believe that if I spelled Norwegian words backwards, it would be English. I don't anymore...— Gudrun