My aunt married a man named John who was of Italian decent. Somehow he got the nick name Dego and it stuck. Up until high school I thought Dego was Italian for John. I had been calling Italian people named John Dego for years thinking I was showing others how smart I was for knowing something from another language.
A childhood belief about names
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Spanish and Italian were the same language;Spanish was for boys and Italian for girlsAnon
- As a child I used to think that Olivia Newton-John and Elton John were married.
Boy, I was way off.— Lisa - I used to believe all Italian women were named Mia because of the phrase "Mamma Mia!"Anon
- I used to think that Olivia-Newton John was three people like Sharon, Lois and Bram....Olivia, Newt and John— J
- As a child, I thought that Olivia Newton-John was Elton John's wife and Juice Newton's sister.— Connie
- I used to think that Olivia Newton-John was 3 people: Olivia, Newt, and John— Sally