I used to believe that words that rhymed in English would rhyme in every other language as well. How else could a song be translated and still sound like a song, right?
A childhood belief about foreign languages
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that foreigners' ears translated English words to their own languageAnon
- I used to believe that anyone speaking a foreign language translated it into english in their head— galen
- I used to believe that, in a deep and profound kind of way, the words "door knob" rhymed with "said so". — Katie
- I used to think that the chorus of "mountain song" by jane's addiction was in a different language— nothing'sshocking
- I thought that the song "Hands off she's mine" by The English Beat was actually saying "Anton, she's my aunt"— Nate
- I used to believe that the whole world spoke the same language- English.Anon