i used to believe that Chicago was the capital of Illinois because that where Oprah lived....i found this not to be true in fourth grade after i had raised my hand proudly and said...."Chicago is the capital of Illinois because Oprah lives there."
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I thought "opera" was pronounced "oprah", as in Oprah Winfrey.— Molly
- I used to believe that Paris was the capital of London and Italy was the capital of France.Anon
- When I was little, I used to believe that Illinois (where I lived) was a countryAnon
- I used to think that Oprah was an opera singer.— Mello
- I was sure that Adelaide (where I lived) was the capital of Australia because they both started with
"A"— fiona - I just to think that Norway was the capital of the world— Elin Norway