I used to believe that dangerous was pronounced dangaroos. When I seen the sign 'these animals are dangerous' I believed it meant something similar to these animals are mammals.
A childhood belief about reading

others believed things like this
- i used to think that the road sign "dangerous" was actually "dang-er-roos" a kind of bouncy marsupial— owen cash
- I used to think dead people are dangerous. — J.G.
- I couldn't understand why my grandmother wore an ear-grenade (hearing aid). It sounded very dangerous to meAnon
- I used to believe that mosquito larvae were baby hammerhead sharks. Made the ditch a very dangerous place!— Karen
- when i was 2 or 3 believed that i had lots of animals in my tummy it made sense my mum had baby in hers.— kjc
- I used to believe that an animated film meant that the film had live animals in it.— reverb