When I was about 6 years old, where we lived I would often see a dark blue van and it had the word 'Strangers' on it in yellow. I used to think that the man driving it used to drive round and pick up strangers and put them in the back of his van to take them to the police station. I later found out that 'Strangers' was a building firm and was pronounced with a hard 'g' as in string.
A childhood belief about names
others believed things like this
- Strangers in the night, exchanging glasses...
well I was only young at the time!— ..maz.. - When I was a kid I found it hard to say "Sebastian". I always pronounced it "Sebastican". — Dave, Lancashire
- I was told as a young child that if I didn't smile going past the police station, I wouldbe arrested.Anon
- I used to believe that if you mixed red, blue, green, and yellow paint you'd get plaid!— Judith Ann
- i thought going to school was getting on the bus and driving round all day until they dropped you off. Anon
- When I was young I used to think that WHSmith was all one word, and was thus pronounced "Wwwhhhhuuusmith"— Nathan