I used to think that a cubic foot was how things were measured in Cuba. I'd hear ads for refrigerators with so many cubic feet of space and I just didn't get it. Were all refrigerators made in Cuba? I think I was 12 or 13 before some one set me straight on that one.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- When I got my feet measured by the electronic machine, I thought that the machine will squash my feet!— Helen
- I used to think making straight A's in school was literally writing A's straight. Anon
- I used to think my feet were made of cheese!!: )— chatterbox
- when i was young i used to believe that chewing gum was made out of cows feetAnon
- My dad thought robin feet were made out of wood because they look like twigs.— Molly
- i used to think that vacuum cleaners had little piece of space inside them because space is a vacuumAnon