When i was younger i used to believe that when people spoke a foriegn language it was just like they were speaking english to each other, and that if we had subtittles for a forieng language the n they would too...cause they were talking in english to each other...
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 believe that the whole world spoke the same language- English.Anon
- I used to think that adults spoke an entirely different language (not English) when kids weren't around. — Swordfish
- I used to believe that if I spoke with whatever accent a language was in, I was speaking that language...— Renae
- I used to think that even people who spoke something other than English, thought in English— Peaches