When I was a kid, I didn't used to know what " give the finger " really is. My friend tricks me about that.
We were in classroom, and my friend showed me how to give the finger. He tolds me it was a good thing, and he asks me to do it in front of my teacher. I do it.
She punished me, and I was so confused that I told what happened to my parents. They explained what this really meant and I changed my friends.
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that a half moon was gods finger nail, and his finger was pointing downwards.— clo
- My friend believed that eating bread crusts or eating mustard will give you curly hair.— Linda from Southern California
- I thought Maria Carey's 1998 ballad was 'I'd give my arms' instead of 'I'd give my all'.— Briony Maggs
- When my friend told me her cat was moulting I thought she said melting. I was confused for a while.Anon
- I used to believe that my parents would give me away if I didn’t do as they said— Albert
- My mom told me that if I picked my nose, my finger would stay there someday!!— baxter