I used to be afraid of saying "ax" because it sounded so similar to the a word, I thought if I said it, I'd get in trouble.
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- I used to think an orgasm was a special type of orange juice because it sounded similar.— HaPpY
- I used to believe my middle name was a 'bad word' because my mom only used it when I was in trouble.— DJ
- I thought that "Doube Bubble Toil and Trouble" was "Doube Bubble, Toilet Trouble" Anon
- i used to think that the word "stupid" was a curse word, ranging in scale right beside the "f" word.Anon
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- When i was around 4, i thought "dead" was a bad word. I also thought "Forget it" was a bad word.— forget it