i used to get confused and think about the 'Alert' that was part of the caption on a coffee cup "Stay alert, its almost time for coffee", thinking it was some weirdos name. And that soemone was asking Alert to stay for coffee
A childhood belief about names

others believed things like this
- My brother thought that one adult was a dult and that one alert was a lert.Anon
- I used to believe that coffee was tea with milk in it.Anon
- I used to think it was illegal for children to drink coffee— C.W.
- I thought you could get toffee from mixing tea and coffee.Anon
- I used to believe that the term "being mugged" meant someone beat someone else with a coffee mug.— Matt Thiel
- until 12 yo i thought buying and drinking coffee was illegal when you were under 18:) — smarty