when I was young, we lived near a hospital, which had the big "H" on the top of the building. Every time we would drive by I would say "There's the H hospital", assuming that there was an A hospital, B hospital, etc., etc. It was not until I was much older that I realized the H meant Hospital.
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- Well into adulthood I thought that a local anesthetic meant one from the area near the hospital..— D'sparil
- When i was little i thought casualty was a big hospital in londonAnon
- when i was 4 i believed i could breathe under water, one day i decided to try it and woke up in the hospital!Anon
- I used to think the Empire State Building was called the "Ten-past-eight building".— Alex
- I used to believe that the "cruise control" button in cars meant that the car could drive/maneauver itself.— Myriam
- when i was really young, i couldn't figure out why i can't get older than my older sister.— angela