nationalities

When i was younger i thought that england was the only country in the world that had the internet!! When i was even younger i thought England was the only country in the world! I was terrifed when some from another country came to my house or on the T.V because i thought they were aliens!!!

~*silly moo*~

My family has always gotten wall calenders that contain both American and Canadian holidays. For years I remember seeing December 26th as "Boxing Day (Canada)" and thinking that meant instead of celebrating Christmas on the 25th, all Canadians went to a big boxing match on the 26th. I felt sorry for all the Canadian kids because I thought boxing was really boring. I'm still not sure what Boxing Day is, but I know it's not THAT.

Confused American

An adult had told me that people in China are of the 'yellow' race and that people in India were 'brown' and people in Africa 'black.' Naturally, I was confused why there were countries on the globe colored pink, green and blue, too.

queeneve

I used to believe that the moon was another country and that all countries were little planets.

Anon

I used to believe that Germans were Nazis and liked Nazi related things. So one time in 2nd grade i drew a picture of her wearing a swastika shirt and showed it to my teacher(who is German). I didn't know why she was so mad when i showed it, i thought that she would like it because she was German. I had no idea that most Germans hate Nazis!

Christina

When i was a kid i saw a man wearing a turban and i thought he was a genie. I asked him if he was a genie and my mom told me he wasn't and that he wears one because it's part of his religion. I was disappointed but thought it was cool

Alexis

I remember being told as a child that people in China (being on the other side of the world and opposite us, I assume) ate their dessert first. I don't recall if I REALLY actually believed this or not.

Roxanne

I thought people from Turkey actually praised turkeys...

Anon

i used to believe that the reason why the chinese put their baby girls up for adoption because her parents didn't want to pay for her wedding.

Melissa

When I was younger, I thought Eskimos ate penguin eggs

Anon

I used to believe that Eskimos ate nothing but snow, ice, and anything else cold. I also thought that if they ate something warm, it would make them melt into a puddle.

Anon

(i am a Chinese)When i was small,i used to believe every westeners are rich and beauty.When my school teacher told me there are beggers in the west,i was very upset.

Mag

I used to believe the Egyptians lives in appalling squalor because they lived next to the Sewage Canal (Suez - get it?)

John the Finn

i used to think that albinos were from Abania..

Cass

I used to believe Saddam Hussein was Uncle Sam.

M

As a child I first heard about Americans going to Mexico and getting "Montezuma's revenge" from drinking the water. And then somewhat later I heard how it doesn't effect the Mexicans who live there. I later learned that that is because the develop a resistence to the germs in the water. But for a long time I thought that Mexicans don't poop and that's why they can't get "Montezuma's revenge" like Americans can from drinking the water there.

Julia

i used to think that the japanese were so cool with their fans all the time til a friend told me that they(the women) only did that becos back in those days they didnt have toothpaste so they had gross breath and the fans were there to cover their mouths and the smell and hide their yellow (unbrushed) teeth ;)

heheHe

when i was 6 or 7 i lived in scotland and we were just doing some work in school on the vikings and how they had invaded england, when my mum told us we were moving to england. i remember crying hysterically because i truly believed that people in england still lived in straw huts like the vikings did. it took my mum several weeks to reassure me that we would be living in a brick built house with a proper roof

beanie shona

growing up in the orient and living in the west, I could not understand the fascination with lion (line - you idiot) dancing !!!

harj

I used to tell my mom that i never want to be turkish, when she finally asked me why, i replied saying because everyyear at thanksgiving we always eat the turkeys!!

Anna