When I was young I always used to mix the word persecute with prostitute. Imagine how alarmed I was when i would hear my pastor talk about how we must be "persecuted" for our faith.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- Olivia Newton John did sing let me hear your budgie talk! didn't she— J Scull
- At a young age I couldn't imagine how people without glasses could marry the ones wearing them. — Ana
- I used to believe that a prostitute was like a prosecutor.— Not As Innocent Anymore
- Until I was about 11 or 12 I thought that "prostitute" referred to a female criminal.Anon
- i used to think that being a prostitute was a religion. (sort of like protestant i guess?)Anon
- When I was young I used to think that WHSmith was all one word, and was thus pronounced "Wwwhhhhuuusmith"— Nathan