i believed that our neighbour's name was 'whatchamacallit' because my dad always referred to him so, forgetting his actual name.
you can imagine my confusion when he referred so someone else as 'whatchamacallit'.
A childhood belief about names
others believed things like this
- Until I was about 11 or 12 I thought that "prostitute" referred to a female criminal.Anon
- My brother once referred to the neighbor as a lesbian (she was Lebanese...)Anon
- I used to believe that the phrase "Mamma Mia" referred to a girl named Mia.Anon
- I used to believe the ^^ emoticon referred to 2 pointy ears like a cat, instead of closed eyes.Anon
- i used to think that the term 'necking' referred to boyfriends and girlfriends who rubbed their necks togetherAnon
- When I was very young, I believed that my parents actual names were "mum" and "dad". — Margo