I had a friend who thought everywhere outside London was outside England. We lived in London and had a holiday cottage in Derbyshire, and whenever my friend stayed with us there she thought she was in a foreign country.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- up until about 6 years ago i thought everton was in london!Anon
- When i was little i thought casualty was a big hospital in londonAnon
- When I was little I thought the london underground was a terrorist organisationAnon
- Did anybody besides me believe that Londonderry Air was actually London Derriere?— Texas granny
- I used to believe that london, paris, venice, and switzerland were all cities in France. — an american...
- My mum told my older brother that dogs weren't allowed in London.— Fiz