When I first heard the word 'suburbia' on TV, I thought it was the name of some exotic country in Asia. I was kind of disappointed when my mom told me it was just a term for a part of a city.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- My mom thought "euthenasia" meant Asian kids.(youth in Asia)— Ibelievedher!
- I thought a Prime Minister was some kind of religious leader, due to the "Minister" part— Darth Carrietta
- i used to think the word "friendship" meant a special kind of rocketship that you went on with your friends.— chips ahoy!
- When I was young, I heard the word 'minion' for the first time and thought it was a miniature onion.— Karin
- For years I heard the word "pedophile" and thought it meant a pedicurist's tool.— Lauren