my sister and i used to think sideburns were called "hash browns."
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- When I was little - before we learned cursive - my sister and I called it 'real writing'. — Monty
- I believed that the breed of dog called Boxer was called that because they could stand up and box.Anon
- I used to believe that people from Holland were called "Hollish", like people from Poland are called "Polish"— Sally
- I used to think that adult kangaroos were called Kangas and that child kangaroos were called Roos. Anon
- I used to think that because there was a state called Washington, there was also a state called Dryington.— Jasonchic
- When my sister's father went to Seattle, my sister said "Is Attle nice?" She thought Attle was a person's name— zzo38