When we used to go to Germany my dad told me about 'oerworms' (earworms) which means wen u get a song stuck in your head. until i was 14 i used to think earworm was a real english word. now i think bout it i must have confused a lot of people.
A childhood belief about foreign languages
others believed things like this
- When I was 'bout 4, I used to believe that
people with mullets were "in- betweeners" as in not boy nor gurl.— Kristen - I used to think that even people who spoke something other than English, thought in English— Peaches
- I used to believe that anyone speaking a foreign language translated it into english in their head— galen
- I used to believe that english was the only real language and all the others were just made up after.Anon
- I thought that the song "Hands off she's mine" by The English Beat was actually saying "Anton, she's my aunt"— Nate
- When i first saw the word "Czech" somewhere, i pronounced it "siz-ETCH" in my head — Pachisu