when i was a kid i thought the word spaghetti was pronounced 'pasghetti' and i would get really mad when people laughed at me for getting it wrong, i completely thought i was saying it right!
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- When I was young I used to think that WHSmith was all one word, and was thus pronounced "Wwwhhhhuuusmith"— Nathan
- I used to believe that the word 'circumstances' was pronounced 'circus dancers'.— Mel
- When i first saw the word "Czech" somewhere, i pronounced it "siz-ETCH" in my head — Pachisu
- I also thought that people in different countries coughed, sneezed, laughed, or cried in their own language!— Mini
- I used to think you could go to jail just by saying a word wrong during a speech.Anon
- I used to get mad when people used the word "native" because I thought they were making fun of my name!— Nate