i was about 8 when i was at a party with family friends. While listening to my dad talking to other adults i overheard him talking about eating a "carnero" (we were all spanish-speaking).
I thought hard about this unknown animal and came to my conclusion.
"Dad? what kind of bird is a carnero?" i asked.
He burst out laughing and explained that a carnero was a lamb
whoops!
A childhood belief about foreign languages
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- Growing up, I thought that my family that spoke Yiddish were speaking in cursive.Anon
- I used to believe that after eating Ready Brek I would glow, but that only adults could see it.— michelle
- I heard my mum talking about foreign people, and I later asked, "have you ever been to Foreign?"— Kia
- I used to believe that people who were speaking foreighn languages were just speaking gibberish.— Zoe
- Until about age 9, I thought there was a country called "Operaland" where everyone sang instead of talking.Anon
- When the police are talking about "rap sheets," I thought that the criminals were making rap music.Anon