When I heard the name Jose, I thought it was actually spelled "Hoasai". I had seen the name Jose in print, and may have known its pronunciation, but never connected it to "hoasai".
A childhood belief about speaking

others believed things like this
- I used to believe my nieghboor jose invented the language spanish and he got rich and bought cars— Thomas
- I used to believe that the rapper Eminem's name was spelled M&M and anyone named Juan was spelled one.Anon
- I thought the name Phillip was actually spelled "Fill Up"— Natasha H
- I thought penis was spelled “Penus”, Like “Venus” but with a P.Anon
- I thought that singer/songwriter was spelled this way: sing-a-song-writer...Anon
- I thought Kaa's name from The Jungle Book was spelled "Car" and that he had a brother named Truck.Anon