I used to believe went I was a kid that everyone spoke all the same language.but when I grew up I understood that each country has Its own language.
A childhood belief about foreign languages

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I spoke with whatever accent a language was in, I was speaking that language...— Renae
- I used to believe that the whole world spoke the same language- English.Anon
- I used to belive that african was the language they spoke in all of africa— quark
- I used to think that adults spoke an entirely different language (not English) when kids weren't around. — Swordfish
- I used to believe that, no matter what language other people spoke, that everyone thought in EnglishAnon
- I used to believe that translating from language into language was only a matter of changing letters ! :) — EwS