Up until I was like 14 or so, I thought that everyone thought in English, even if they spoke other languages. I just couldn't wrap my mind around the idea of thinking in another language.
A childhood belief about foreign languages
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that, no matter what language other people spoke, that everyone thought in EnglishAnon
- At the age of four I believed I was soooo smart. I spoke TWO languages...English AND American!— Melinda
- I used to believe that the whole world spoke the same language- English.Anon
- I used to think that adults spoke an entirely different language (not English) when kids weren't around. — Swordfish
- I thought that people who spoke a different languages were aliens.— Phoebe
- I used to think that even people who spoke something other than English, thought in English— Peaches