I used to believe that until I was 6 that all people, no matter what language they spook or read, spook and thought words in English in their head. I remember looking at a Spanish picture book, and thought "Silly people, why don't they just speak English instead of speaking this stuff. It would be a lot easier."
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 used to believe that anyone speaking a foreign language translated it into english in their head— galen
- I used to think that even people who spoke something other than English, thought in English— Peaches
- I used to believe that foreigners' ears translated English words to their own languageAnon
- I remember thinking that non-English speakers were much smarter because they could speak "so much faster." Anon
- I used to think everyone in the world knew and thought in English, but choose to speak different languages. Anon