When I was in 1st grade my cousin convinced me that China was a dirty word. So whenever someone would say something about it I would be thinking, "Ewwww, China..." and giggle about it and no one understood why.
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- When I was in kindergarten, I was convinced I could dig my way out of a sandbox and off to China.Anon
- Until about 2nd grade, I thought they spoke Spanish in China.Anon
- I used to believe that went the sun went down, it went down into the ground over in China.— Danielle, AL
- I used to think China and Japan where the same.— Lunarmoon
- when i was young i used to think japan and china were the same country— i like star wars
- When I was younger I was certain my "private" was called a ba-china... the boy's were pickles. — taliba