My mom has a thick "Rhode Islandese" Accent, and for the longest time (Up until I was 14-15) I thought my middle name was Collin, then I was suprised when I finally saw it written out - "Carlin"
A childhood belief about names

others believed things like this
- For the longest time I thought 90210 was a sitcom Anon
- i thought that you had like a box or something inside you to hold your soul for the longest time— jill
- I thought that Samson and Solomon from the Bible were the same person for the longest time...— Laura G.
- For the longest time I thought that Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had a very "chinese" nose...Anon
- For the longest time I thought Pig Latin was an actual language that they spoke in a part of Europe.Anon
- For along time I thought the Middle East and Eastern Europe were just different names for the same place!— Helllowerer