I used to think that all languages were written the same, just spoken differently. I even asked my mother this, and she said that was true! It took me a while to figure out languages.
A childhood belief about foreign languages

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that all languages were just jiberish and I asked my mom why they didn't use real words.Anon
- When I was little I used to believe that people laughed in different languages...— Jessica Louise
- When i was little i thought that people could laugh in different languages— Lauren
- i used to ask my mom how people laughed in diferent languages!Anon
- I used to think that birds sang in different languages depending on the country they were in!— Sarah
- I thought that people who spoke a different languages were aliens.— Phoebe