When my mom told me people from poland were called poles, i thought they were literal poles.
A childhood belief about places
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that telephone poles grew out of the ground.— Jennifer (the blonde)
- I used to believe a mile was the distance between telephone poles.— Allegra
- I used to believe that people from Holland were called "Hollish", like people from Poland are called "Polish"— Sally
- For years and years I thought telephone poles grew.— Maureen
- I thought the expression "so funny I forgot to laugh" was literal instead of sarcastic— Not so funny after all
- I used to think there were polar bears in poland when I was 6— Lucy