>>148175242I might have you beat because as a kid I always thought that Geronimo was spelled with a J, like, 'Jeronimo!' (and I didn't know it was an actual Indian name either; I thought it was just an exclamation that cowboys yelled sometimes.)
So when I'd see these books at school, I had no idea what a "Geronimo" was. I thought it was just a made up name for the character, and one that was completely different from the phrase I was already familiar with too.
So as a kid, I'm reading the book's title aloud, trying to enunciate his name, and figure out what this new word is.
And what do I come up with?
'Jaro...nemo...Stilton...?'
It stuck. So for the past twenty or so years, in my head, I was calling this asshole 'Jero-nemo Stilton' without knowing that I was wrong like a complete tard.