I used to think "bacteria" was pronounced "vacteria" and "taste buds" was pronounced "taste fuds". Nobody ever corrected me :/
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- I believed butterflies taste like butterAnon
- I used to think that adults drank coffee because the bad taste would wake them up.Anon
- I used to believe that vanilla flavoring would taste as great as it smelled!!
Judy— judy - When I was a child, I used to believe that adding sugar would lower the over-salty taste of a meal.— Francois
- i used to believe that 'island' was pronounced 'is-land' instead. I know im not alone on that one! :)
— Da KornMeal - I used to think that New York was pronounced "Yew Nork"Anon