My son watches Clifford the big Red Dog, and there is a dog on there named Jorge. (it is pronounced Hor-hey) And there is also a baseball player named Jorge Pasdada. He wantedo write that name out one day (Jorge) because it was "so cool." he wrote: "Hoarhay"-he thought it meant that the hoar was its daddy and the hay was its mommy.

daniels mom

My older brother's name is Dan and mine is Sam, so when my father would address me, he would usually say, "Damn!, er Da, Sam whatever your name is!" It was pretty confusing, especially when he got mad when I said, "Damn!" I mean what was wrong with saying my own name?

Damn- er Sam

My parents had a grouchy friend named Don. So when I discovered that my middle name was Dawnielle, I thought I was named after him and that it was spelled D-O-N-Y-E-L-L.

Sony full of Bologna

i used to believe that people were related by their first names...my grandp, ungle, and my cousin's names were Ernie, my dad and my brother's names were Todd, and my unlce and cousin's names were Sam. They were all on my mom's side of the family, thus they had different last names. Now you can see why I was so confused as a kid....

Anon

I used to believe that the name "Geoff" was pronounced "Key-off" and that's where they got the name for the guy in 'Battle of the Planets'.

Anon

When I was little, I didn't know that people could have the same names. I remember going to my friend's house, and she had a babysitter named Holly; well I also had a friend named Holly who was my age, and I thought she had suddenly grown up. So I said, "How did you grow up so fast?!"
Do I feel stupid now? Oh yes.

Anna

When i was at playschool, everyone used to call me 'Lizzie' and i never knew why, but for some starnge reason i used to think they called me Lizzie, as i had a freckle on my knee!!

~~*Liz*~~

quand j'etais petite je croiyait que quand des gens atteignent 18ans il changaient de noms pour des noms qui font plus femme ou homme alors que l'orsque que l'on eté petit on avaient des noms d'enfants

armine et charlene 401

My mother didn't go with me on my first day of Kindergarten. The teacher kept asking me "Who are you?" and I would tell her "I am Julie's little sister. Don't you remember her? She was in your class last year."

The poor teacher was getting so frustrated. After half an hour of questioning me, she finally asked "What is your name?" She should have asked that first.

M

I used to believe that my real name, Jessica, was unique, because I'd never really known anyone else with that name. So I'd often get confused when I heard someone call the name Jessica, even if it was on TV.

Toujin

i always thought twins had the same name as each other

Elle

When I was a kid I believed that everyone was given a new first name when they became an adult. It just seemed to me that kids had different names than adults.

John

Trainee is a person's name

Pris

when i was in grade 3 i asked a girl what her name was she didnt listen to me so she said "have this doll" cause she was talking to her other friend so all i was calling her "have this doll" she kept staring at me weird

Girl with issues :)

I used to believe that Henry Winkler (who played The Fonz on that old show Happy Days), was called Henry WRINKLER. I thought this was an incredibly odd last name.
I actually debated this one with my mom, when I told her that Henry "Wrinkler" was playing in that Adam Sandler movie, "Waterboy"- it took her forever to convince me otherwise...

~Dominique~

I'd heard about Bin Laden on the news a few years ago and I thought his son was Osama Bin Laden..I got very confused!!

Lauraaaaa

I used to wander what my name would be in other languages. I thought that names worked the same way as words.

Simon

When I was about... 7 or 8 I wanted to be a cartoonist. So I made a cartoon with monsters in it and I called them the "Its" cause their names where Kits, Bits, Rits, Dits, and yes, even Tits. Tits was a boy.
Momma didn't like him.
I also learned what Tits where.

Sarah B

my friend thought the man in the chip shop on Frank Street must logically be called Frank!....otherwise how could it be Frank St chip shop?!

Paula Alcock

I've been told as a small child (about 4 or 5) that I thought "Lather" was the most beautiful name. I don't know why, I don't remember it but I apparently gave one of my favorite dolls that name. I also loved Cornelius for a girl, I was a weird kid...

Alex