I'm 56 and, until quite recently, i thought that a local anaesthetic was one that you had done in a hospital near where you live.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- Well into adulthood I thought that a local anesthetic meant one from the area near the hospital..— D'sparil
- When i was little i thought casualty was a big hospital in londonAnon
- Until recently I thought that Scotland was seperate from England. I am 27 Anon
- up until recently I thought intern was just another word for a secretary (I'm 27 btw)— Axecutioner
- I thought that some animals had just been "invented" recently (like within the last 50 years or so)— Makron
- Until very recently, I thought "archives" was pronounced like "are chives".— Mitsuki