I used to believe that "boots" were actually called "boots on". This was because whenever it was time to go outside, my parents would tell me, "get your boots on!".
Because of this, whenever I wanted to take them off, I would tell my parents that I wanted my boots on off.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- I used to think that they only sold car boots at boot fairs! — Di
- i used to believe that the hard toe caps on rugby boots were made from giant ants found in the amazon!— eryll
- I believed that female teachers got to choose if they wanted to be called "mrs. or miss" — Jenna
- I used to believe that I really COULD be anything I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be a unicorn. Anon
- I used to believe that all parents were called "Inge and Dirk", just like mine— eva
- Mom couldn't understand why at dinner time I wanted Chicken Pox.— Kristin