I was convinced that there was a number called "eleventeen", but was never sure how to count to it or where it lay in the great order of numbers. I just knew it was there.
A childhood belief about counting
others believed things like this
- I used to believe there was a number "eleventeen". I could never quite work out where it went, though.— Matthew
- i could swear eleventeen was a number for the longest time -- it still sounds pretty convincing.— erin
- I used to believe there was a limit on the numbers you could count — Carmen
- I used to believe that numbers had gender, that the odd numbers were boys and even numbers were girls. — Evelyn
- I used to believe the show Law and Order was a gardening show called Lawn and Order.— Adriana
- I thought that Count Dracula was the count from Sesame StreetAnon