I used to believe the letters were squiggles and each squiggle represented a word.
A childhood belief about reading

others believed things like this
- From the first six letters of this word, I thought that “megalomania” had something to do with megalodons.— Enrico
- I used to believe a tastebud represented one food you liked.— Christy
- when i was young i was told that thunder represented god moving the chairs about— lips
- I used to think "Zed" and "Zee" were two different letters.Anon
- In first grade, I thought that if I've never heard of a word before, then it wasn't a word.— Destiny
- I used to think the word fever was just another word for giraff— Marshall m