My mother called my father Bill and he called her Phyll, and I thought they were calling each other the same thing.
A childhood belief about family
others believed things like this
- Until I was about four and a bit my father had me convinced that Friesian cows were called "big cats".— Chris
- I used to think an evil spirit type thing called Wango lived in my dog. I was terrified of that dog.— Franklin
- I believed that the breed of dog called Boxer was called that because they could stand up and box.Anon
- My mother's name was Anna. She was called "Annemor"(Duck mama). I was convinced I was a duckling.— Christine Norway
- I used to believe that people from Holland were called "Hollish", like people from Poland are called "Polish"— Sally
- I used to think that adult kangaroos were called Kangas and that child kangaroos were called Roos. Anon