I used to believe that in America (I'm English) it was thought of as swearing to stick up your pinkie finger without the others.
I also thought that swearing could get you a heafty prison sentance in America so when we were going on holiday there soon and my dad swore I got upset.
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- i used to think that franch was actually swearing !!!! until i realised it was just like english lol :PAnon
- I used to believe Turkey day was a Turkish holiday. Then why are we celebrating it in America?— Lecia
- I used to believe all of North America was Canada and South America was USA..— Daria
- I used to believe that swearing was just saying, “I swear!”Anon
- I used to believe there was a legal age limit to swearing.— sarah
- that the smallw arts on my dads neck were caused by swearing!— steve