I didn't know what the word "condom" meant. Condom in Russian (my native language is Russian) sounds like "gandon". It was quite natual for me to call my cousin, Anton - "Anton-gandon". It was rhyme that mattered, not the meaning of the word! : )
A childhood belief about condoms
others believed things like this
- I thought all you had to do to speak Russian was add -ski to the end of every word!— nateski
- I thought that the song "Hands off she's mine" by The English Beat was actually saying "Anton, she's my aunt"— Nate
- I used to think that Russian was just English backwards— Millie
- that the bears which live in the cracks between paving stones are Russian— jonah fonder
- I used to get mad when people used the word "native" because I thought they were making fun of my name!— Nate
- I used to believe there was a Russian Leader named Garbage Trough and an Arabian named Are A FatAnon