I used to believe that 'Newark' was just how Americans pronounced New York. I thought this until a couple of weeks ago (I'm 18). Cause that's how it sounds on the Sopranos.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to think that New York was pronounced "Yew Nork"Anon
- I used to think the TV show "The Sopranos" was about opera singers.— Innocent Kid
- Because of Pocahontas, I grew up believing Native Americans noises sounded like English to Native Americans.Anon
- When I was young I thought that York Peppermint Patties were illegal drugs.— Shirley B.
- that the word "couple" as in "a couple of items" was synonymous with "several", rather than "just two".— Blair A. Petterson
- I usd to believe that, all Americans were left handed and we all died when we reached our 100th birthday!— Greg Baron