when i was younger i overheard my parents talk about the CIA and since we spoke Spanish, when they said CIA it sounded like the word "silla" (which means chair in English). so for a long time i thought that there was this great big huge wooden chair that only very powerfull people used to sit in.
A childhood belief about foreign languages
others believed things like this
- I used to think that even people who spoke something other than English, thought in English— Peaches
- I used to believe that, no matter what language other people spoke, that everyone thought in EnglishAnon
- Until about 2nd grade, I thought they spoke Spanish in China.Anon
- when i was little i believed that if you got three speeding tickets that you went to the electric chairAnon
- i usd to believe that if i put a balloon on a lawn chair that i could float up in the sky and around the worldAnon
- I used to believe that people who don’t understand English can’t talk.— American