I used to believe when someone said "...as far as the eye can see...", that they were speaking of the Ican Sea. I also believed that the Ican Sea was somewhere in Europe. So, it's pretty far away (at least from where I was).
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that people who were speaking foreighn languages were just speaking gibberish.— Zoe
- For along time I thought the Middle East and Eastern Europe were just different names for the same place!— Helllowerer
- For the longest time I thought Pig Latin was an actual language that they spoke in a part of Europe.Anon
- That Hamstere are, genetically speaking, miniature bears.— charlotte
- I used to believe that anyone speaking a foreign language translated it into english in their head— galen
- Growing up, I thought that my family that spoke Yiddish were speaking in cursive.Anon