I thought that Japanese and Chinese both had Kawaii....
BONUS: I thought that Japanese and Chinese languages were just symbols!
A childhood belief about foreign languages

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that i am american.
i am japanese . — mayumi - For the longest time I thought that Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had a very "chinese" nose...Anon
- My older brother made me believe that wristwatches were powered by tiny Japanese men inside them.— Outsider
- There was a Chinese takeaway near us called the Orient Express. I thought it was Onion Press. Yeah.— Spook
- I didn't quite grasp the concept of time zones, and thought that Chinese kids went to school at night.— Giselle
- I always thought that duck sauce (from chinese restaurants) was duck poop.
— emily