I thought the word mailman was male man and it seemed dumb to me as aren't all men male?
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the word mailman came from the fact that the mailman was a male. I don't really know why.— Andi
- I used to think that to desex an animal meant to turn it from a male to a female or female to male.— Phil
- i used to think that the word e-mail was a sex, like male, female and e-mail.
I'm so thick!— Confoozed - I thought all poodles were female...i mean how can you be a male poodle and live with yourself?Anon
- We had a male cat that wasn't neutered. I thought his testicles were just the cat version of a butt.— Robyn
- i used to believe a dog was the male version of a cat.Anon