When I was 8 we moved to England from South Africa. I thought since we all spoke English, I'd be fine... right up until I told a kid in my class that I lived "down that road, past the robots and turn right". A stressful few minutes passed before I figured out that "robots" were called "traffic lights" in England. For years afterwards I was on edge, wondering what apparently-harmless-in-South-Africa/ hilarious-in-England word would get me laughed at next.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I thought the England was EDGE-land but england was ENG-landAnon
- Until recently I thought that Scotland was seperate from England. I am 27 Anon
- I used to belive that african was the language they spoke in all of africa— quark
- My Dad told me that the Queen of England had a solid gold toilet and a special servant to wipe her backside.— Cat
- I used to believe that England was in the Moon.
I am from Brazil!Anon - I used to think that there were no bombs or casualties in England in World War One!— History person