language

When I was young, I used to think that there was a universal language for soccer.

Ten years ago, my dad was watching a soccer match and I was watching it too.I didn't understand everythings but it was fun.A player was talking to a referee and I knew that not everyone where speaking French or English, so , I wondered witch language they were speaking.I guessed that they had a universal language for soccer.Then I asked to my dad and he looked at me with a curious look and he told me that they were speaking English and I was very suprised and I said to my dad that one day I will speak English too.

Alice express

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.

Solars4n

I thought a "slut" was someone who would intentionally bother you.

Anon

when i was a kid i thout that the word BELON was a expression to say that someone was dirty but one day i was with my parents and , when i was eating my dad told me " are u a BELON or what " and i asked him what this word meant so he told me that the name BELON was the last name of his neibors when he was a kid. He told me that his neibors were really nice but always dirty with stains on them and a dirty house

edward

I used to believe there was a limit on the numbers you could count

Carmen

I didn't get the saying "waste not, want not" meant, as I didn't know "want" could mean "lack" and only knew of it as in "desire", so I thought the saying meant "If you don't want stuff you won't be wasteful", which obviously doesn't make sense.

Anon

When I was younger I believed people from other countries actually speak the same language as I, but it just sounds different because they are in a different country and my ears were not used to their version of the language.

Lizzy

I used to believe that “pervert” was another word for “shit.”

Paul

i used to belive that numbers have colors (i still do, actually) 1 is purple, 2 is yellow, 3 is red, and so on

Anon