When I was little, I saw a picture of Mafia gangsters in a book and thought they were Spanish instead of Italian.
A childhood belief about nationalities

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Spanish and Italian were the same language;Spanish was for boys and Italian for girlsAnon
- I thought if I went around yelling "The Mafia sucks!" someone from the Mafia would kill me— Mexicrat
- I used to believe that all godfathers were Italian.— Madi
- I used to think that Italian was just English with O and A at the end!— Rochelle Peachey
- I used to think it was illegal to eat spaghetti if you were not Italian— Anthony
- I used to believe all Italian women were named Mia because of the phrase "Mamma Mia!"Anon