When I was little, I used to think that cats could understand humans if we spoke to them in their native language: Italian. This was because we had on display an heirloom that was an Italian proverb plaque with a picture of a cat on it. I didn't know what it said, but I would still read it to my cat over and over and felt proud that he could finally understand me. What did it actually say? "When the cat's away, the mice will play."
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
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- I used to believe all Italian women were named Mia because of the phrase "Mamma Mia!"Anon
- i used to think that the paparazzi were a group of Italian criminals or spies. i have no idea why?? Anon