I could never understand why there was such a thing called "beast stew." I was 12 twelve years old before I finally realized that it was actually called "beef stew."
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- When I was about 5 or 6, I used to think the song 'Beauty and the Beast' was really 'Beauty and the Beef'.— Natski
- When I was little, I couldn't understand why people called me a tomBOY, instead of a tomGIRL.— Amanda
- I used to think an evil spirit type thing called Wango lived in my dog. I was terrified of that dog.— Franklin
- I believed that the breed of dog called Boxer was called that because they could stand up and box.Anon
- My mom used to think "preschool" was called "pretty school" until a few years later.— Molly
- I used to believe that people from Holland were called "Hollish", like people from Poland are called "Polish"— Sally