my father's name is mike. as it happens, two of my uncles and my cousin are also called mike. when i was really little i asssumed that 'mike' meant 'man' and would call surprised shop-keepers and random strangers 'mike'
A childhood belief about names
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Mike Meyers and Michael Myers where the same person— RS
- I used to believe that all my aunts were related to my mother and all my uncles were related to my father.— Mandy
- On TV game sows when they said the winners were chosen "at random" I thought random was a town.Anon
- I used to think a second cousin meant a cousin’s cousin.— Carlos Almonacid
- My father used to call soya sauce "monkey blood". I didn't even consider tasting it for years!— Me
- My cousin used to think that a group of nine singers was called a "niner".Anon