I use to believe that people had a maximum number of words to say. And those who were mute, had used up all their words. Needless to say, I was a very quiet child.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that all four-letter words are bad words.Anon
- I used to believe that the more you talked, the sooner you would die. Needless to say, I was a quiet kid.— Lisa
- My mom used to say that if I said bad words, poop would appear in my mouth— Nina
- I thought "prison" and "prism" are the same words as each other.Anon
- I thought the word economical was actually two words: eek and omical.
— Nancy M. - When i was in kindergarten, i used to think that i invented the words million and billion— Comonsnadama