BikeBookBread Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Let's have some fun. It's Friday after all, and I think on this particular day (9/11) we could all use a bit of levity. When DD3 was very little, she called her favorite stuffed ladybug, "bee-bug". I never corrected her until she figured it out herself. She still says it. DD5 called Barbie, "Bobbie" for 3 years. We're not a Barbie family, but I did find this endearing, and only in the last two months has she learned that Barbie is indeed, Barbie. Some more: DD3: toenails are "footernails" The hymnal is the "music Bible" Once she said she was "sugarfied" after eating a snickerdoodle Newman's Own balsamic vinaigrette is "Man Sauce" :lol::lol::lol: (this is my favorite -- we've all picked up on this one) DD5: A big bottom is a "hippobottomus" - boy does she have a sense of humor already Original Star Trek is "The Wiggles in Space" - because of the uniforms! This made me laugh SOOOOO hard when she said it originally. What about your kiddoes? What cute-isms have they come up with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 "I'm going to secret something in your ear." They're 6 and almost 5, and they still say this no matter how many times I correct them. I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 My dd when she was 2 discovered french fries for the first time and she LOVED them. I would make her homemade ones and she would want to eat them right away and I would tell her, "Wait. They're hot." and she would say "hots" can keep reaching for them. To this day we still call french fries "hots" and she's now 12 years old! hehehe :p My 8 yo ds is severly Autistic so just about everything he says comes out wrong and is just adorably cute. His latest one this week is calling Balmex "Bonnex" He calls pizza "pisack" He's just too cute. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cera Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 My kids call Hibiscus biscuits. It's too cute to correct and I now find myself saying it to other people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
********* Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Ds3 is at a cute stage in his language. He says things like 'I already wented potty, mommy', instead of went. I know I should correct him every time, so that he doesn't have bad grammar. But some day, I'll miss the 'I wented potty', now won't I. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglei Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 When ds was VERY little (maybe 2-3) he would sometimes in church request that we sing "The Ol' Ruggy Ol' Cross." His granddad, whom he had for just a short while, was always "Grand Man." - Very touching. I like the idea for this thread - looking forward to reading what others recall - am in a hurry right now so this was all I could think of (though I have oodles of notes documented in my computer files)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Words that have become family words: bargish (garbage from when ds12 was only 1) bean-bean (ice cream from when dd7 was a toddler) sog-sog (stupid - we used to only spell the word and dd7 (then 3) tried to spell it too - s-o-g-s-o-g) possumbly (ds12 when he was a toddler) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 When ds was VERY little (maybe 2-3) he would sometimes in church request that we sing "The Ol' Ruggy Ol' Cross." His granddad, whom he had for just a short while, was always "Grand Man." - Very touching. I like the idea for this thread - looking forward to reading what others recall - am in a hurry right now so this was all I could think of (though I have oodles of notes documented in my computer files)! Oh that is precious!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeFe Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Sneezes are "bless you's" - as in "Oh, I just bless you-ed" Traffic Cones are doh-dles - no idea why but I love it Grilled Cheeses are "Boy-Cheeses" b/c heaven knows my 5 year old can't have a "girl cheese" A pacifier (paci) was always a "kaci" There's lots more that I can't think of right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabeline Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 My oldest ds when he was very little, about 2, used to say pannycakes for pancakes. He still says it like that. And now my youngest says it too. My youngest son says mistroyed for destroyed. There are more, but they are going away and I never correct them anymore. I will miss my boys' baby words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
********* Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Oh, wait, we have one! We say 'work yard' instead of 'yard work'. Ds, who was five last summer, started it. He L.O.V.E.S. being involved in 'work yard', and everyone else loathes it. However, when you call it 'work yard' instead of 'yard work', it makes it somehow less loathesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 My dd, 7, had always said "calerpittar" instead of caterpillar. I'm sure she'll figure it out on her own but for now it's too cute to correct. For some reason same dd has also called bras "hair bras " - I have no idea why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
********* Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Grilled Cheeses are "Boy-Cheeses" b/c heaven knows my 5 year old can't have a "girl cheese" That's cute; ds6 used to call them 'girled cheese', too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelaNYC Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Ds said "goo-di-goo" for bicycle when he was 1. And all my kids have said "I suppeared it" or "I disappeared it" when doing a magic trick at 2 or 3 years-old. I loved that and never corrected it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novagirl Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 When I am washing them up in the tub the kids will ask for help washing by their "eyeballs and behind their earballs". DS3 for the life of him, cannot say "Ice cream" he says "arse cream"!:001_huh: :D:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabeline Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I just remembered another one. When my oldest was about 4, we were listening to a song by Jaime Sole about the Grace of God. We were all singing along in the car, whn I noticed that my little guy was singing, "The Grapes of God..." I couldn't stop laughing and now I always say it that way in my head whenever I hear that song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in SJ Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 We have several that have crept into the family vocabulary: There is ellie-ip for elephant, lemmie-o for envelope and leg-pits for the back of your knees. Grandpa Earl somehow became Beepa Eyeore. My two favorites are a beeeeg for a big hug, and moochie for a kiss. My all boy, super independent, 4yo ds will give a kiss to anyone who asks for a moochie. It is like if you know the secret code he must give you a kiss. Amber in SJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
********* Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 My all boy, super independent, 4yo ds will give a kiss to anyone who asks for a moochie. It is like if you know the secret code he must give you a kiss. Amber in SJ Dontcha just love it?! Ds3 will always give me a hug and kiss when I say 'give me a smooch, pooch; give me a hug, bug'. :D It is very much like a secret code. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 ROFL these are just too cute!! I love arse cream and Beepa Eyeore. hehehehe Too funny. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 dd has outgrown a lot of it now but my favs were "Slickery" and "I burped my butt" :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 "Fimished." She's been saying it since age 2, and even though she knows what the real word is, we all prefer her version. The same goes for "brepbest," the meal you eat in the morning. She picked up "idiant" and "stoopit" from listening to my husband while he was driving. :glare: When she was 2, she loved to watch "Roovy and Nax" (known to most as Ruby & Max). She still refers to them as Roovy and Max. Onymous. I correct her on this one (learned from FLL, actually. As in Work, by Onymous.) but it's so cute! "Pianano" and "batar" have gone away, now she plays piano and plays around with her guitar. Last night, she asked me where her "mitten shoes" were. I finally figured out she was talking about her house shoes. From an old file I had when she was 3: clubs - What you wear on your hands when it's cold outside. An alternative to mittens smustache - hair on a man's upper lip. Recently heard as "Oh no, Daddy! You lost your smustache! We have to find it!" after he shaved it off. basketti and buchini - italian pasta, known to most as spaghetti and fettucini birthday cake - anything relating to birthdays, like the song "Happy Birthday Cake to You" or "Happy birthday cake, PawPaw!" bitation - what you get when you are "bited" to do something, like going to a birthday cake party owgies - Allergies. These go with her "stuck up nose". As in, "My nose is stuck up. I have owgies. I need mecind. I don't like it." feber - Fever. Diagnosed by putting her hand to your forehead or waving her play thermometer at your mouth. dopter pointment - What you need if you have a "feber". Followed up by a visit from Dr. Ariel and her pink plastic doctor kit. You are guaranteed to need a shot. mecind - Medicine. Contents of the shot. funder-lightming - Thunder and lightning, always said together. Generally "I don't like funder-lightming." pocksicle - Popsicle. Oddly enough, the antidote to fear of funder-lightming. bistusting - Disgusting. You will never hear her call a pocksicle bistusting, but it's practically guaranteed if you offer her mecind. dickoculties - Difficulties. She usually mentions "I'm having dickoculties" when she is trying to do something like button a shirt with small buttons. sprinkles - Wrinkles. She usually mentions this during or after a long bath. "My hands have sprinkles!" Meanwhile, I'm thinking "You're giving ME sprinkles and gray hair. Get out of the tub!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenpatty Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Whenever my 3yr old wants a lot of something, she says she wants "big some, not widdle some". We still call kinks in hoses "yinks" because of my now 7yr old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeleigh2000 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 When dd11 was about 4 years old she would call squirrels, "scrollers". Then when dd9 was also about 4 years old, she also did this!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in FL Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 My oldest used to say "connnote control" = remote control Middle one said "puter" = computer yongest says "yesternight" = last night; "yesteryear"= last year she also says "stupid hero"= super hero and of course she says "dumb *uck" for dump truck. My sister has the last one on her cell phone and plays it for people. Melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 "I burped my butt" :lol: :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 When dd was 3, she called hotdogs "hedgehogs". I was *so* angry when ds finally corrected her! She could have called them "hedgehogs" forever, if it were up to me. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 Oh, I thought of some more! (Didn't I say we needed some fun?!) Horses were see-shers (seahorse???) Elephants were ee-shers Bananas were bla-blas Tinkerbell was Tinklebell for a long time - :lol: When DD3 wants to be affectionate, she gets very serious, and says, "Mommy, I neeeed to give you a hawg..." DD5 calls queen-sized beds "Queen Victoria" beds. I think that's the queen that sticks in her mind right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyFourSons Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 4yo to his 6yo brother at snacktime: "I love this cookie, it's dewishish. Did you know I have a sweet tooth? It's right here." (points to his top incisor) He really does have a sweet tooth, I'm not quite sure if that's the right one however, but I didn't have the heart to correct him. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 According to Doodle, I wear a "nibble cover". (bra) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Right now "bibbed" is a verb as in "Good thing you bibbed R-girl, Mommy." We have bath-tisms at church (and we don't even dunk!) And the aforementioned 2 year old R-girl, "I do it by my big self!" Cracks me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 " DD5 calls queen-sized beds "Queen Victoria" beds. I think that's the queen that sticks in her mind right now! :lol: Too cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezrabean2005 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I can only think of things DS4 said / says right now: - Music was "Sipick" - His blanket was / is "soffie" and it is a HE thankyouverymuch :) - Every night he does a little dance when changing (and buck naked) singing: "Who da nekkid baby, who da nekkid baby" LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeleigh2000 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 - Every night he does a little dance when changing (and buck naked) singing: "Who da nekkid baby, who da nekkid baby" LOL! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 These are the ones that have hung around long after my kids got big enough to know better: Cantelope was and still is "camel-loaf" Tortellini = "turtle weinie" :001_huh: Roast Beef = "roast beast" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
********* Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I love it when ds6 is being all stern and proper and he ends his sentence with 'sew-e-us-we'. (Seriously). He's trying to be all 'serious', but that cute little way he says it makes it hard to take him, well, seriously. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 My 6yo ds loves to tell stories and he still says..once upunce a time. He used to have tons of trouble with the letter "s" and the beginning of words and one time at a restaurant asked the waiter for a ...poon and a traw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diane in CO Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 My 6 year old little guy who has some speech issues loves to go to Fun Wreckers (Fuddruckers)...now we all call it Fun wreckers:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 We've given up trying to correct "mowing lawn" (instead of "lawn mower"). Started with dd12 and she corrupted the rest. :D Now dh and I find ourselves saying it. The little boy I watch (age 3) says "Statue of Liverty." I already told him mom I think it's too cute to correct and she said she agreed, so now I am contaminating other families. (He now says "mowing lawn" too!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 and this thread brings back sweet memories. We had "bird leaves" for feathers, "moinya" for grandma, and many more that we keep using today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 My ds6 just started saying, "Now for the big provence!!!" when he gets ready to show me something he's made, drawn, created, etc. I have no idea what he's trying to say, but it just cracks me up every time. I don't want him to stop saying it, so I haven't asked him what he means.;) He used to say "timbering" for pretending...not sure why.:lol: Also, he used to say, "Here comes the 'phonics' guy" when the Fed Ex deliveryman came to the door. As you can see, he's my most comical child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmacnchs Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Sneezes are "bless you's" - as in "Oh, I just bless you-ed" :iagree: cooterpooter = computer Our poor son is NEVER going to know hi given name: grandaddy calls him "Set" (he's Ecuadorian), sister #1 calls him "Sef" and sister #2 calls him "Jeff, Deaf, Meth, something diff. everytime!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Knoll Mom Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Two of mine say lemonlade instead of lemonade. i know I need to correct it, but it's so sweet. My oldest son used to call water minnow. It took us a while to figure out what that meant. Best we can figure is that we showed him a minnow in a stream and he assigned that word to the stuff the minnow was swimming in. My youngest called tunnels dancing bears. I think it's because we have to go through a tunnel to get to Dancing Bear Toys. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolash Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 When ds was around 2, he started saying "begrilla" for gorilla, and "be-draff" for giraffe. He'll still use those terms sometimes and it always makes smile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peek a Boo Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 family favorites: shif = fish the green globbin = The Green Goblin. "globbin" sounds so scarey, dontcha think? LOL! similar to the Glof Glames --definitely a developmental g/l thing.... dd5: instead of croissant, she asks for cruhSNOTs. I already instructed everyone to NOT correct her! during the t/c phase we had tutumbers and tokes. instead of Taco Cabana we visit Taco Banana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 When my daughter was around 4 and got sick she would say she has a beaver instead of fever. We still say it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 we don't know why they called it that. Also... ER said "effalunt" instead of elephant. Pretzels were "prencils" (like pencils, but with an 'r'). EK called her blanket "Babbit". There were plenty more, but they won't come to me just now. I guess it's been too long... :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Until recently, my 6yo said "cavinets" for cabinets and the classic "teefs" for "teeth". When I realized those things had gone away, I was so sad! She still throws in the occasional "goed" though. "We goed to the store." She does know the proper grammar, but sometimes it slips through. My 2yo passed (diaperless) gas this afternoon. He announced that he "popped", lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I don't correct most cute things my boys have said over the years. They always correct themselves over time and while it's happening, it is just too cute. :) Peanut butter and jelly sandwich = butterjelly Cartoon Network = Cartoon Nekwort (this one still comes up from time to time) about = abouk Sausage biscuit = sersage bikit Coca cola = coca coca In a minute = ina mingut violin = vonjin There are so many! My favorite and still used in place of is a butterjelly. We also say "I love you BIG" from when the big boys were little. It's so normal I forgot others don't necessarily say it that way. Right now Easton (3yr) is telling everyone he went to Coca-coca because we went to the Coca-Cola museum in Atlanta about 10 days ago. I love that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy g. Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 When Miss Bossy was an infant, and she wanted to nurse, the big kids would say that she needed, "a little smackeral". When she started talking, she called nursing "smack smack". We are not a spanking family, but people sure think we are when we ask if the baby needs a smack smack. She also says, "This is yoos." instead of yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMe Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 dd said, "I did it by my own self!" We use that phrase all the time as a joke.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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