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I used to believe…

A friend once told me at the age of 5 that the biggest number was called 'infinitytrouble' (?). When I told this to my sister (who is ten years older than me), she didn't believe me, and told me that there wasn't a biggest number at all, and I didn't believe her.

I used to believe…

Not that I was racist when I was young, but I used to think that Spanish and Chinese were the exact same thing.

I was at a Tim Horton's one day and I was looking at all the good stuff to eat.Then I decided I wanted an eclair.I had never seen the word before so I said 'Mom I want an ecler" With the er instaead of air.My parents have never let me heard the end of it.Even though Ii was 7

I used to believe…

When I learned that you do not capitalise seasons, ex summer, not Summer, I thought it was a new grammer rule, and a few years ago, you DID capitalise seasons.

I used to believe…

When we learned how to spell out numbers, I had the weirdest problem where I thought they were spelled like '6ix' or '5ive' or '9ine' or '7even' etc. I couldn't see the error at all. I still think they look good that way.

I used to believe…

since i was about eight or nine, whenever i'd look at the door entering the parking lot of my apartment, i read ELETRIC CAUTION DOOR( it was a circle shaped sticker that was glued onto that door, and it said those words in that exact order)
i didn't realize that it was CAUTION ELECTRIC DOOR, until my dad pointed that out

I used to believe…

When I was 4 or 5 I thought when you wrote down a number above twenty you combined numbers to get it. (example - 46 would be 406.

I used to believe…

When I was little I would get confused in which word was okay to say "damn" or "darn"...Of course I always used the wrong one and my dad would let me have it...Now that I am an adult I realize I was confused because damn is the word my dad always uses, however he says God d@^* .

I used to believe…

When I was younger I thought that the word 'satin' was 'satan'. My entire family is made up of Chirstians so I was very confused as to why people bought things that had 'satan' in them. Who labels that satan is in a product anyway?! I believed this until I was about 7 and I miss read it to my grandmother who laughed and told me what it really was.

I used to believe…

Whenever we travelled to the States, I thought that "Exxon" (like on the gas station signs) was how Americans spelled "Esso," which made me believe that Americans spoke a different language than Canadians.

I used to believe…

When I was a kid, I would read product labels. I noticed that a lot of the glass bottles had "ME 5c Deposit" written on them.

I was a really screwed up kid. I knew what bad grammar was *before* I learned that states had abbreviations.

So, I would wonder why they didn't write "I am a 5c deposit," instead of talking like a caveman.

I used to believe…

When we were at school one day in the 8th grade, one of my friends did one of the most funny moments i've seen.
the lesson was really boring untill my friend, REALLY entertained said. IT's CALLED ORGASM, what he though he said was Organisms. Kinda big misunderstanding. Our teacher were allmost lying on the floor laughing, we're still picking it on her!

I used to believe…

When my younger sister was little (about 3 or 4) she thought saying 'shut up' was bad, so whenever someone said it she would start yelling at us.

I used to believe…

100+1=1001

simple, right?

i belived that when my mom said "i dont doubt it" that she ment "i dont belive you" and got very sad, and could even start to cry.

I'm from south west wales, and here we learn and speak welsh on a par with english. Because of the interuse of both languages i would some times get confused.
For instance the word "moron" in Welsh just means a carot, so i could never understand how calling somebody a type of vegetable was insulting.