i used to believe that when people said "pardon me" that they were actually saying "part of me". i could never figure out what that was supposed to mean.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- When i was little i used to think that my foot was a "naughty part" that no one else was supposed to see.Anon
- when I was little my uncle told me he was part bear. I believed people could be part bear until I was twelve. — Audrey
- I used to believe that when I went to movies people were behind the screen acting out the part — Amy
- I used to believe that when people broke bones, doctors would give them a new part of the body they broke. — Kelly
- I used to think when somebody sneezed you were supposed to say 'Gableshew'.— gablesh
- When I was about 4, I thought catfish were supposed to meow. — Élistariel