When I was little, I assumed (incorrectly) that all people got to choose their own nicknames, and it was only a coincidence that many of them were shorter versions of their actual names (like 'Sam' for Samantha). I thought that everyone else was just really bad at thinking up their own nicknames, and since I liked the name Jennifer so much, I decided my nickname would be Jennifer.
A childhood belief about names
others believed things like this
- when I was a child I had never seen Jennifer Lopez written down so I thought her name was Jenny Ferlopez x)— Cath
- when i was growing up i had two imaginary friends. One was named Jennifer, the other was named Onion.— Tessica
- When I was very young, I believed that my parents actual names were "mum" and "dad". — Margo
- I thought Jack was a nickname for Jackery ( like Zack and Zachary).— Bootlebat
- I used to think it was a coincidence that judges all had the first name "Justice".— Katz
- I used to think it was an amazing coincidence that all my members of my family had the same name.— Raj