I used to believe that people who spoke different languages just had different ears than us. If someone was speaking spanish, i thought they heard english.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that people who were speaking foreighn languages were just speaking gibberish.— Zoe
- At the age of four I believed I was soooo smart. I spoke TWO languages...English AND American!— Melinda
- I thought that people who spoke a different languages were aliens.— Phoebe
- I used to think that even people who spoke something other than English, thought in English— Peaches
- I used to believe that, no matter what language other people spoke, that everyone thought in EnglishAnon
- Until about 2nd grade, I thought they spoke Spanish in China.Anon