I used to believe that "paparazzi" was a Italian word that chefs said when they were making pizza. I stopped believing when my mother and my sister were talking about paparazzis. I asked what it meant, and they said that it is a photographer who takes pictures of famous people.
A childhood belief about foreign languages

others believed things like this
- i used to think that the paparazzi were a group of Italian criminals or spies. i have no idea why?? Anon
- I used to think that the word pizzazz was something to do with pizza.Anon
- I used to get mad when people used the word "native" because I thought they were making fun of my name!— Nate
- I used to believe that when people eloped that meant they were making babies...Anon
- I used to believe that if you ate the little seeds on pizza that pizza would grow out of your ears— chana
- I used to believe that Spanish and Italian were the same language;Spanish was for boys and Italian for girlsAnon