When I was in middle school there was a kid in one of my classes named Christopher, but for some reason he pronounced it in a really weird way, i.e like "Chris-Toefer" (second part rhymes with "gopher"), almost like it was two words. As a result, I thought that his first name was "Chris" and his last name was "Toefer". I'm not sure when I finally realized the truth (I think I saw his name written down at one point). I'm still not sure why he pronounced it that way
A childhood belief about names

others believed things like this
- My friend Chris told me that when he was young, he thought that "elemeno" was the letter between k and p.— Jocelyn666
- I used to think that Chris de burgh song Lady in red was Lady in Bread
— Omega-R-Fox - My Brother used to think that Chris de Burgh was singing 'Lady in bed' instead of lady in red'— Kerry, Manchester
- i thought the name Anon, was really a name...pronounced A-Non...haha i figured it out— Norman einstien
- Until very recently, I thought "archives" was pronounced like "are chives".— Mitsuki
- I thought that polystyrene was pronounced 'polly-STEE-LEE-an'.— Polly Stairiin