When I was nine a boy in my class told me that "Frankenstein," mrant "Frank's monster" in German and I believed him.Later I got really mad at my sister and I thought the most insulting thinh hing to call her was a monster, and I could impress her by speaking German so I yelled "you..you stein" she was somewhat baffled but strangely my new insult caught on until a girl named Stein joined the class and the cunfused teachers put an end to "Steining" people.
A childhood belief about foreign languages
others believed things like this
- The boy in my class named "Sahand" must have a sister named "Safoot".Anon
- When people would ask me what was my background, I would tell them 1/2 German and 1/2 Brooklyn!— Randy
- Since Germans speak German, I thought Jewish people spoke Jewish.— Lori
- I thought the boogey monster was a monster that ate boogers at night in front of youAnon
- I used to think that teachers always had to officially announce to the whole class why someone was off sick.Anon
- I was afraid of my grandma because i thought she had germs because she was german!Anon