Quite a few years ago, we went away with some friends near Christmas time and we were talking abut what our New Year's resolutions were going to be, and one of my friends said she gesticulated a lot when she talked and that her family etc said it can be annoying, so she was going to try and not do it so much. I had no idea what it meant, but for some reason, I thought it was something to do with sex, so i looked round really awkwardly as if to say 'Is she allowed to say that????' even though no one else flinched when she said it. I now realise why!!
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- When I was 5 years old, I used to believe Poland was snowy and cold all year round, like the North Pole. — Sara
- i used to think the word "friendship" meant a special kind of rocketship that you went on with your friends.— chips ahoy!
- for the longest time every i used to think that Prince's "Raspberry Barret" said "round merry go round"— lin
- I used to believe that when people talked about 4x4 trucks, I thought it meant all the wheels turned.
— tracy - when i was younger i used to think no-one was driving cars and it was only my family who were allowed to...— Lucie x
- I was told that for every christmas carol i sang before christmas time santa would give me one less present!— K