people: names

I used to believe Monty Hall was a place instead of a man. Let's Make A Deal was before my time and I only knew Monty's name from the Monty Hall problem. I thought "Monty Hall" was the building where the game show took place.

I was born at a hospital named after its founder, who had the same last name as me (not related), so I used to believe there was a hospital for each family name.

The first time I heard Marco Rubio's name I thought it was Mark O'Rubio

I used to think it was illegal to name your kid after your pet

I use to believe that my grandpa invented the wall because his name was Wally

I used to think that martha washington was my grandma, since they had the same first name. Even their hair was similar!

I used to think i was real

I used to think jack was short for jackal

My mom told me that eddy means whirlpool and i thought i had a whirlpool in me because my name is eddy

I once met a kid at the park named Wolfgang. Since I was very small(like 3 or 4), I could not pronounce his name right, so I called him "Loafgang" instead. I just thought that he liked bread

I used to think that once you became a parent, you had to change your name to "Mom" or "Dad", and that it could not be reversed.

I was named Caillou after the cartoon character of the same name. I was very upset when I overheard someone say Caillou was bad, because I thought they didn't like me for some reason!

I used to get the name "Virginia" mixed up with the word Vagina

I used to believe…

That the girls name Giselle was pronounced with a hard G sound instead of a J sound.

I used to think that bev was short for beverage

When i was a little kid, I couldn't get my aunt Nancy's name right, so i called her aunt Shenzy instead.