I used to believe that all singers had to write their own lyrics and that if their language skills were not perfect, the mistakes would remain in the song.
English is not my mother tongue, and growing up I learned a lot of English from songs. But I was always a bit wary of songs by non-native English groups and singers. I was afraid that they had made mistakes (not knowing English perfectly) and that I'd acquire their mistakes.
A childhood belief about foreign languages
others believed things like this
- I used to think that even people who spoke something other than English, thought in English— Peaches
- I used to believe that english was the only real language and all the others were just made up after.Anon
- I thought that smart people never made mistakes!— eeeeeeeeeeeeegggggg
- Because of Pocahontas, I grew up believing Native Americans noises sounded like English to Native Americans.Anon
- I used to believe that the whole world spoke the same language- English.Anon
- I used to believe that "elemeno P" was a certain kind of "P" found only in the English language. Anon