I used to believe that each person had a certain amount of 'voice'. I thought that when people had lost their voice it had just run out, so I used to stay quiet for long periods of time to save it up.
A childhood belief about speaking
others believed things like this
- I used to beleive when ppl didn't talk (deaf ppl) they lost their voice and could never talk again!— Tiara 10
- i didn't beleive this, but a kid my sister knew thought if he screamed in a really high voice, he ran faster.Anon
- That if a pig loses its voice, it's disgruntled.Anon
- I used to sing at the top of my voice "OLD GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN"— claire
- When I was a kid I though facial hair on a man is what gave them the deep voice — Adrian Z.
- I used to believe the voice sped up at the end of ads was really just the world's fastest talker.Anon