I thought people in other (non-Enligh speaking) countries were smarter than we English speakers, because they would think in English and then translate to say, Latvian, or whatever language they spoke, before saying it outloud.
A childhood belief about foreign languages
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that, no matter what language other people spoke, that everyone thought in EnglishAnon
- I remember thinking that non-English speakers were much smarter because they could speak "so much faster." Anon
- I used to think that even people who spoke something other than English, thought in English— Peaches
- I used to believe that anyone speaking a foreign language translated it into english in their head— galen
- 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