Since Germans speak German, I thought Jewish people spoke Jewish.
A childhood belief about foreign languages
others believed things like this
- I grew up Jewish. Until I was about 10, I believed that everyone who wasn't Jewish was Catholic.— Philm35
- I used to think that jewish men wore "kippots" or "yarmulkes" to cover their bald spots..— Charlotte
- I used to think it was illegal to speak German in Germany because of World War Two.— Anonymous
- When people would ask me what was my background, I would tell them 1/2 German and 1/2 Brooklyn!— Randy
- I thought that people who spoke a different languages were aliens.— Phoebe
- I used to believe that, no matter what language other people spoke, that everyone thought in EnglishAnon