I used to believe that when adults sat around talking, they just chose random words to say. I often wondered how they could sit around doing something so boring for so long.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- On TV game sows when they said the winners were chosen "at random" I thought random was a town.Anon
- That adults came into the world as adults and were never childrenAnon
- When I wos littler I used to believe that God chose the job for you — RoB WHiTE! :-)
- I was sure my stuffed dog "Floyd" could talk, but he chose not to.
— Cyn - I used to believe Martin Luther King chose your birthday.Anon
- That boys turned into women when they became adults and girls turned into men when they became adults. Anon