Up until about the age of 8 I was convinced that the f-word actually was the word Faroono ... yes I now know that, that isn't the word nor is a word at all. But for some unexplained reason I thought this when I was younger ... and of course I never thought to clarify it with my parents because I didn't want to get in trouble for saying the f-word to them...
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- i used to think that the word "stupid" was a curse word, ranging in scale right beside the "f" word.Anon
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- I used to think the word fever was just another word for giraff— Marshall m
- I used to believe everything starting with f was a bad word after I learned about the "f-word". — Sarah
- i used to think the word "suck" was a swear wordAnon
- When i was around 4, i thought "dead" was a bad word. I also thought "Forget it" was a bad word.— forget it