When I was younger (8 or 9), I used to believe that only people who spoke English could write songs or poetry because when you translated the English words into any other language they didn't rhyme anymore.
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, no matter what language other people spoke, that everyone thought in EnglishAnon
- I used to believe that anyone speaking a foreign language translated it into english in their head— galen
- I used to think that even people who spoke something other than English, thought in English— Peaches
- I used to believe that the whole world spoke the same language- English.Anon
- I used to think that adults spoke an entirely different language (not English) when kids weren't around. — Swordfish