I used to believe that Barry Goldwater was a magical man because his name Goldwater conjured up images of him sparkling and wonderful. I later learned he was a terrible politician.
A childhood belief about names

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the title of Barry Manilow's song "Looks Like We Made It" was "Looks Like Tomatoes".— close2nd
- I thought that the sign "!" meant: "look at the wonderful landscape"— Giorgos
- The line 'The dark sacred night' in What A Wonderful World is actually 'The dogs say goodnight'...— rebecca
- I used to think the song"jesus, oh what a wonderful child so holy, meek and mild" was "so holy, Mickey Mouse"— Stephani
- When I was 5 I was terrible scared of vacuum cleaners, because I thought it can suck me.— ahhhhhhhhh
- As a little girl I used to think that the world was magical.Anon