names

I used to believe that Lucy Van Pelt's middle name was Van.

kate

I used to believe that if your name was Jazz, you'd automatically like jazz music

Anon

There's a popular book in Poland called "Mr. Kleks Academy". It's a bit Potter-ish to say the truth: the Professor, Mr. Kleks teaches his young and eager students how to fly a carpet or understand the speech of dogs. When I was young I desperately wanted to attend the school some day. Unfortunately, only those whose name started with "A" had a chance to take part in this ecceptional educational adventure.

My parents gave me the name of Michael. At six, it caused me to fall apart from them a little :)

Now, when I'm 19 I come to realise that I shouldn't have quarelled with them... My second name is Antony :)

Mike, Poland

When I was younger I got a lot of things mixed up. For example, I walways got confused with Al Gore and Bill Clinton, in terms of who was who. I also got mixed up with Chicago and Detroit.

Anon

When i first learned about strangers, I didn't really get what they actually were, so I thought they were certain dangerous people, and I somehow pictured them looking like soldiers.

Anon

I used to think it was illegal to name your kid after your pet

Anon

My younger brother couldn't pronounce my name right until he was about 4 or 5, he called me Shauya

Shauna

I used to believe that one had a name when they were little and when they grew up their first name changed.

Anon

When I was 11, I thought that Newt Gingrich was really named Nude Gingrich.

Jen

My fathers name is the first part of his surname and so my little brother always thought that his surname was the last part of our actual surname

Nicky

I used to believe people's nicknames were actually their names. I knew people with names like Peaches, Nena, Chabella, Cisco. There are people whose real names I never even knew. I remember one guy who must be in his late 50's now who was always called Baby.

Nene

I used to think that Ethan Allen was Ethan Alien, and also had some connection to Tim Allen and Toy Story.

Miru

I used to think I was the only person in the world with the name Jessica Pauley and the initials JP. When Jurassic Park came out, I thought it was so neat that we had the same initials!

Jessica Pauley Aspra

My dad's a farmer, and so we have CB's in our tractors. He always used to say "Hey you!" over the radio to someone else, and I actually thought someone's name was HeyYou. It didn't help that he told me someone WAS named HeyYou...but later on he said he was pulling my leg. I was so broken hearted...

Farmer's Daughter

I once thought of most names in the world, there were three people with that name, one who goes to school, one who doesn't go to school, and one who is an adult. But for rare names there was only one person with that name.

Anon

My parents have an old family friend named Laurette. When I was a tyke, I always got her name mixed up and called her "Roulette". It took me years to get it right. One day, while joking about my old habit, she thanked me for, "Comparing me to a gambling table!"

Jen

when I was little I ask my dad what my name was. Just to be funny he gave me a boy name (i am a girl of course!) he said it was fred! so when i went to kindergarden i told everyone i was fred. people stil, call me that today! ha

Jamie

My middle name is Wynne, and until I was about 6 I thought it was spelled 'win' and that my parents gave me that name because I was really great and would win at everything!

Erinkroz

I used to tell everyone my name was Nancy (it isn't even close). Later, when people would ask her how Nancy was doing, she'd just give them a blank stare and ask, "who?"
They always thought she wasn't all there or something, until the day she realized what I was telling everyone, and started setting them straight.

Anon

I used to think that "Tomato Catsup" was actually something made from cat.

Jen