Until a few years ago, I though 'Anon' was a person - I kept seeing their name next to poems and music and thought 'wow, this person Anon must be amazingly prolific! And talented...composing music as well as writing poems!' I didn't realise my mistake until I happened to mention it to my mum and she put me straight!
A childhood belief about names

you weren't the only one
168 of you believed this
- I used to believe anon was a person and couldn't believe he had written so many poems— Helena
- On this site when people sign "Anon" I thought Anon was one person who believed in a lot of weird things...— Slow to catch on.
- i used to belive anon was an actual person untill i clicked on it just a secon ago lol— lolz
- I used to think that Anon was a person.Anon
- i thought the name Anon, was really a name...pronounced A-Non...haha i figured it out— Norman einstien
- I used to believe Anonymous was a very normal name— Anonymous