I used to think Yiddish was pronounced to rhyme with Swedish.
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- Growing up, I thought that my family that spoke Yiddish were speaking in cursive.Anon
- I am from Norway, and when i was a kid I used to believe thet gay people talked swedish!— Norway-Girl
- i used to believe that 'island' was pronounced 'is-land' instead. I know im not alone on that one! :)
— Da KornMeal - I used to think that New York was pronounced "Yew Nork"Anon
- when i was little i used to think bumble bee was actually pronounced bumbow bee— cathy
- I used to believe that L-M-N-O-P was 1 letter, pronounced elemenopeeAnon