When my parents told me as a young child, that if I didn't slow down the speed of my speech, they would take me to ELOCUTION lessons, I believed that they would be taking me to be ELECTROCUTED stage by stage. I very quickly slowed down my talking.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- My dad told me that the reason Birds didn't get electrocuted on overhead wire was they had rubber feet!!— Derricki
- I was told as a young child that if I didn't smile going past the police station, I wouldbe arrested.Anon
- i used to think mashed potatos were made from apples becouse they were the same color(i was a very slow child)— apples and ornges
- When I was very young, I believed that my parents actual names were "mum" and "dad". — Margo
- When I was a child, I believed that grown-ups didn't lie.Anon
- My older brother told me that speed bumps were really dead people covered in cement.— Trina