When I was younger, I asked my mom why all of the people in the Japanese restaurant were speaking french, and then asked the waiter for some mashed potatoes.
A childhood belief about foreign languages

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that french fries were filled with mashed potatoes.... wonder how they got in there?— Nancy
- I used to think clouds were mashed potatoes in the sky.— Will
- When I was little, I thought that big puffy clouds in the sky were actually mashed potatoes.Anon
- I used to believe that people who were speaking foreighn languages were just speaking gibberish.— Zoe
- I thought the tip jar at the restaurant was so people could give the chef cooking tips for how to cook better.Anon
- I used to believe that french kiss was something coming from France, and that only the French did it— Sasha