My brother's name is Benjamin, so he was always called Ben. Whenever my mom was mad at him, she would say, "Benjamin (last name)!" So for wuite a long time he believed that his middle name was "German".
A childhood belief about names

others believed things like this
- I long believed that Ronald Reagan was Ronald McDonald's brother. And I thought it made him more impressive!— JB
- For a very long time I believed that there were little men underground that changed the traffic lights!— Melissa
- I believed for a long time that brown cows gave chocolate milk!— Evil Mom
- I believed that linguini was made of tape worms and was scared to eat pasta for a long time!— Mojo!
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- I believed that the breed of dog called Boxer was called that because they could stand up and box.Anon