I used to believe that you couldn't swear until you were like 19 or 20 years old! I actually remember asking my mom: "When can I swear?"
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that swearing was just saying, “I swear!”Anon
- I used to believe that bizarre was a swear word.Anon
- I used to believe that “shut up” was a swear word.Anon
- When I was at primary school I thought you had to be at least 18 to swear.— Mike W
- i used to believe that if you said a swear word you would turn into the opposite sex the next day— jess
- I used to think making promises was wrong, because my dad said, "Don't swear."— Sam Jones