When I was little, and until I was probably 8 or 9 I thought that "Volleyball" was said "Bolleyball." Well, you play with a "ball," right? Ballyball? My mom had to break it to me that it was pronounced with a "v" when I went to try out for the team in grade 4.
A childhood belief about sport

others believed things like this
- I used to think volleyball was actually called "ball-y ball"Anon
- my friend used to think a SWAT team was pest control.— wacko zacho
- I used to believe that everytime i saw a helicopter the A-team were in it on their way to fight the baddies!— Natalie
- i thought the name Anon, was really a name...pronounced A-Non...haha i figured it out— Norman einstien
- Until very recently, I thought "archives" was pronounced like "are chives".— Mitsuki
- I thought that polystyrene was pronounced 'polly-STEE-LEE-an'.— Polly Stairiin