I used to think the word "eavesdrop" was "ease drop," as in, you could overhear what people were saying because it was easy.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- i used to believe "eaves drop" was actually "ears drop"— sophie
- I used to believe that you spelled "ESSAY" like "SA" and "EASY" like "EZ".— Lauren
- I thought eavesdropping was actually "easedropping" because it was so easy!— Nate
- I thought liposuction was squeezing the fat out of your bellybutton. Too bad it's not that easy...— Angela
- I used to get mad when people used the word "native" because I thought they were making fun of my name!— Nate
- I used to think that the word blurb was a noise that people made when being sick. Bluuuggghhh.— Natasha