When I whas 7, I learned my first "bad" word, my mother told me that only criminals use that word.
so i was always thinking that if i say any bad word, the police would come and put me in jail.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to think you could go to jail just by saying a word wrong during a speech.Anon
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- I used to think the word fever was just another word for giraff— Marshall m
- my mum told me when i was 11 if i swore the police would take me to jail. — tg in blue
- When the police are talking about "rap sheets," I thought that the criminals were making rap music.Anon
- I used to believe that I actually invented the word "excellent".— poop jacket