Around age 10 I heard my mother in a verbal fight with my grandmother. She said something about being "aloof and cold", and I thought for years that she had said "a hoof and colt".
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I thought a "cold sore" on your mouth was the same thing as "coleslaw" and so avoided eating it for years.— Helen (UK)
- When I was 5 years old, I used to believe Poland was snowy and cold all year round, like the North Pole. — Sara
- My mum told me that cold custard (which I hated) was in fact Banana Blancmange. I lapped it up for years.— Chalky
- My Grandmother once told me she could unscrew her feet. I believed that for years.— Andy Bettison
- For years I heard the word "pedophile" and thought it meant a pedicurist's tool.— Lauren
- Ever since I was 8, i never ate chili because i thought it ws cold.— James