I used to believe Las Vegas is the capital city of Alaska since they sound alike. To make things worse, my officemate started to think the same way right after I told him my misconception.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- For a while, I thought Vegas and Las Vegas were two different cities.— Jen
- I used to believe that Paris was the capital of London and Italy was the capital of France.Anon
- I was sure that Adelaide (where I lived) was the capital of Australia because they both started with
"A"— fiona - I used to believe that Vegas and Las Vegas were two different cities.— Noel
- I used to think that Alaska was an island!— Draqula
- i used to believe alaska was an island because of the way they put it on our booksAnon