At a younger age, everytime I heard the word "Palestinians" on TV or what not, I always thought they were saying "Palace Indians".
A childhood belief about nationalities

others believed things like this
- Until I was about 16 I thought that Palestinians were actually called "Palaced Indians."Anon
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- I used to belive that the law was a number of rules on a notice board outside Buckingham Palace.— Nathan Vasey
- When I was young, I heard the word 'minion' for the first time and thought it was a miniature onion.— Karin
- For years I heard the word "pedophile" and thought it meant a pedicurist's tool.— Lauren
- When I was younger I thought I had made up the word "nipples" and "thinga-majigger" — Amelia