My name is Derek and I used to think I was I was the only one. (Derek that is) Everyone spelled my name either Derrick, or Derik. When I told them it was D-e-r-e-k, they always said, "Well thats a weird way to spell it!"
A childhood belief about names
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the rapper Eminem's name was spelled M&M and anyone named Juan was spelled one.Anon
- When my sister told one of my brothers her e-mail address, he thought to spell out “at” instead of typing “@”.— EJ - no longer computer illiterate!
- I used to believe that you spelled "ESSAY" like "SA" and "EASY" like "EZ".— Lauren
- I used to think the raper eminem was spelled M&M.— Rambles
- I used to think "Disney" was spelled D I S N E P. because they'd loop the "y" and it looked like a "p"! — Rebecca Sears
- I believed the book Babar was how my name was spelled.— Barbara