My grandparents gave me and my sister pocket-size, transistor radios when we got old enough to operate them. I had no idea what a transistor was. I didn't even know it was an object; I thought the word was an adjective. I thought transistor meant "pocket-size".
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- My Sister Once Said That Polly Pocket Was A Real Girl That Got Shrunk To Doll Size And Turned Into A Doll.— Jamie
- Because of a commercial I seen on tv, I thought the whole world was the size of the of the U.S.— Paulette
- When i was younger i thought germs and bacteria were the same size as me— Tasha
- From a misunderstanding, I thought everyone’s ears were the same size.— Enrico
- I used to think that the stars change their size because every day born one— Mariela
- that....I do not grow old (in size)...rather my clothes and shoes shrink..— mayank