i used to think that when british people spoke english with accents they knew that they talked with accents. when i found out that from their point of view Americans have accents it blew my frickin mind'... and i was in 6th grade when that happened.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that people were born with accents.Anon
- I used to think that even people who spoke something other than English, thought in English— Peaches
- Because of Pocahontas, I grew up believing Native Americans noises sounded like English to Native Americans.Anon
- I used to believe that, no matter what language other people spoke, that everyone thought in EnglishAnon
- I used to believe that everybody spoke English in the worldAnon
- I know my dog, Palmer, spoke English, he was just really quiet.
— Klayne P.