My older brother used to be really obsessed with dinosaurs, bursting out the scientific names at a young age. When I was 3 or 4 he would call me 'Meredithipithicus'; as in a made-up dinosaur. But because I so often was called this I actually thought it was my name! I went to a store and some lady asked me what my name was. I told her very seriously that my name was 'Meredithipithicus'
A childhood belief about names
others believed things like this
- My brother told me that I would turn into a boy when I got older. It made me cry.— Sarah
- My older brother once told me that Aussie shampoo was made from kangaroo pee. I avoided using it for years!— Annie
- My Brother used to think that Chris de Burgh was singing 'Lady in bed' instead of lady in red'— Kerry, Manchester
- I used to beleive that gasoline was made from dinosaurs.Anon
- I believed dinosaurs made the mountains whenever they walked the earth.— Tammy
- My older brother made me believe that wristwatches were powered by tiny Japanese men inside them.— Outsider