language

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

From the first six letters of this word, I thought that “megalomania” had something to do with megalodons.

Enrico

Due to influences of the word “$#!†”, I believed the word “sick” was a swear word.

Enrico

I once believed that soap and soup were the same thing, due to the pronunciation of “soup” in my native language as “soap-uh”.

Enrico

I used to believe gibberish was a real language from a country from gibberland

Kelly Bulanek

I thought that camouflage was actually "camelflage", and had something to do with camels!

Demond