When I was little I would always get confused with the words homo and hobo. One day, while in NYC, I saw a man sleeping on a bench. To my mother's horror I exclaimed, "Look! A homo!" and recieved many puzzled stares. I haven't mixed them up since.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- I used to belive that homo milk was from gay (homosexual) cows— Drunky Munky
- When I was little I thought a widow was someone who stares at you through a windowAnon
- I used to believe that every religous Christmas card we recieved was sent to us by God.Anon
- I used to believe that what happened in science fiction/horror is movies was realAnon
- I used to believe that scarecrows were giraffes! OK it's a bit weird, but I still get mixed up!— Rosie
- When I was through the ages of 5-8 I got Marylin Manson and Marilyn Monroe mixed up— Caitlin