Upto now, (i am 26) I had thought gherkins was a british word for a type of clothing, i.e. a jacket or trousers or something
A childhood belief about gherkins

others believed things like this
- I thought gherkins were pickled slugs.— Cat
- Until just a few seconds ago, I thought gherkins were beans or something weird like natto...Anon
- I used to believe that God was the Incredible Hulk - he was green and muscly and had purple trousers.— Emma
- I used to believe that anyone who wasn't British (as I am) thought of themselves as foreigners!— "velveire"
- My younger sibling thought that Brittany was the name of the country where British people livedAnon
- Until I was 8 I used to believe that if clothing went into the wash more than once it would turn into gold.— Ben