tofuscramble Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 What things do/did your kids mispronounce? I think its so cute when my kids mispronounce things, although I do correct them. One day they wont do it any more and I'll really miss it! We were in Office Depot by the school supplies yesterday and my 4 year old had been wondering around by the pencil sharpeners, suddenly he shouts across the store. "mum, I think we need a new sharpen penciler!". I said "you mean a pencil sharpener" he said "yeah, that's what I said, a sharpen penciler!". :lol: He also says "cajuzzi" for jacuzzi and "pasghetti" for spaghetti. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charmama4 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 my mommy told me I used to say "magagine" for magazine. Were'nt I cute???:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 My 7 y.o. heard dh and I talking about getting a grass-fed cow. Later she told someone "Daddy went to get a half -dead cow." :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 My favorite was my oldest son's word for helicopter.. "hop-o-cop-o-ter" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate CA Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 "Skipchap" for Chapstick. Loved that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJsMom Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 My nephew said gril la la for gorilla. My little sister said courage for cleavage. My daughter said pol nolish for nail polish & nougats for music. Too cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Lynn Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 My asked me if I wanted to "Come upstirs to see my wabberdory." I love his imagination, but sometimes it is hard to have a clue what he is talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Hey-mums = M&M's Bibbit= biscuit pa-piece = pacifier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Hahaha.....those are all too cute! My favorite was my oldest used to call the Internet the nenernet ( like knee-ner-net):) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Robyn Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 The other day my ds said to me, "Why are they called girled cheese sandwiches? They're for girls and boys." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 While not exactly a mispronunciation, it is related. My daughter loves blueberries. She will often ask for "blue strawberries" instead of saying blueberries. Then yesterday I gave her some blackberries for lunch and she proceeded to ask for "blue blackberries." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofuscramble Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 These are all so adorable!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberia Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I had a gospel song on the cd player with the chorus, "I am redeemed, I am redeemed..." My dd was singing, "I am retrieved, I am retrieved..." Makes sense. Our dogs are retrievers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn in OH Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Owen says "bikit" for biscuit and "evil faire" for medieval faire. He's got a lot of these but those are the only two I can remember until he actually says them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 These are all too cute!! :) My now 7yo son used to say "no-bar" for granola bar (when he was 2) and another one that stuck with me was his insistence on calling the trachea (windpipe) the "e-trachea" when he was 4. He was very much into learning about the human body at that time, and figured that since there was an "esophagus" there must be an "etrachea". Took us over a year to convince him otherwise... ;) My 2yo daughter calls water "wa-dirt"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTwinsMom1 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 My kids have speech delays and some of theirs are so cute. Noah says Batar for guitar He says Bun, instead of biscuit He has more but I am drawing a blank right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 What things do/did your kids mispronounce? I think its so cute when my kids mispronounce things, although I do correct them. One day they wont do it any more and I'll really miss it! My oldest used to say mumpkin for pumpkin. I never did correct her and she was saying it correctly the next year. I was sad because she loved her mumpkin so much and even slept with it after we got it from the pumpkin patch. She used to call construction paper "destruction paper". My son says Holly Hobbit instead of Holly Hobby :lol: I love that one. He used to call horses "sheeshees" My youngest is the one I have some problems with because I cannot get her to correct some of her words. Instead of "going" she says "der". I'm der get a new pencil. I'm der go outside. She used to run through my room and see me sitting on the bed and yell "mama nuggle!" One more that I thought of is "warmart" instead of Walmart. All three of them have done that and 2 still say it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 When my oldest was little, at mass she thought our priest's name was " Beata God" because we always say "thanks be to God". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 One of mine used to say the word "giraffe" with a /d/ sound at the front instead of the /j/. Diraffe. Cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn1129 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 when my daughter was around 3, she would tell people "i have natural booty" (beauty). that is prob my favorite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 My oldest used to call his carseat his "seat car" and a caterpillar was a "pader-pader". My youngest still calls the remote control the "moke-ka-ma-troll". A computer is a "cum-cue-na". These are really the only 2 words I can think of that he consistently says without correcting himself even if we correct him. I love the words kids create on their own! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenaj Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 My four year old (going to be five on Sunday) asked for "corn on the dog" (corn on the cob)for his birthday. Cracks me up! My favorite mispronounciation though was my fifth child who would say "scwissors". I was sad the day he actually pronounced them correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kym Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 My oldest used to say mumpkin for pumpkin. I never did correct her and she was saying it correctly the next year. I was sad because she loved her mumpkin so much and even slept with it after we got it from the pumpkin patch. :001_smile: When my oldest dd was little, she called them "gunk-ums". To this day, we carve gunk-ums! I always thought it was strange that, when they were very little, my oldest called snow "sow" (long o) and my ds called it "no". They left out different letters! Also, my youngest used to love watching the gub-gubs in brother's fish tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyable Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 The other day my ds said to me, "Why are they called girled cheese sandwiches? They're for girls and boys." One of my kids said "girlcheese" and wondered the same thing! :lol: Let's see, some of my favorites: the many forms of banana: beeyana, bananana, bana shoom = spoon bassert = dessert For the longest time my now 12yo said "ig" for "ad" anywhere it occurred, like "Mom, I'm going downstairs to igmire the Christmas tree." Ugh, of course I can't think of any more now that I'm on the spot. I've got a book full of cute sayings somewhere, but it's usually a whole phrase or event, not just a mispronunciation. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 We've been memorizing the States and my 6 year old discovered a new one - It's called "New Breakfast" and it's just north of Kansas and south of South Dakota! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pajama Mama Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 DD used to say: Lik-up for lipstick Me mote for remote puter for computer glasses for gracias--I still remember when I would hand her something and she would thank me with "glasses" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2bdeutmeyer Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Oh boy, I could have a list a mile long..... Cherry Chill = Cherry Hill plap = clap alligator = elevator crappa = grandpa swimming tool = swimming pool fridge-driver = refrigerator bix it masheem = washing machine, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 My favorite was my oldest son's word for helicopter.. "hop-o-cop-o-ter" DD mispronounced it "hello copper". She was probably about 2 at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 crappa = grandpa :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murmer Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 My dd (2 almost 3) says Lootah for Utah...which is really cute when she says Gamma iv in Lootah (translated to Grandma lives in Utah). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2bdeutmeyer Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 what's even funnier is that she calls the corresponding grandma "the crappa gramma", because my mom is not married, LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooblink Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Aw, y'all are making me want another baby. boona for balloon callerpitter for caterpillar vallina for vanilla Also, this isn't a mispronounciation, but they referred to breasts as "puffs." I thought that one was just too cute to correct. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova mama Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 These are all so adorable! DD4 used to "bow-boo-too" for computer. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Hostipal (we have a lot of doctors in the family) Brushteeth (instead of toothbrush) washface (instead of wash cloth) Blanklet (interestingly, only small blankets get this name - big ones are blankets) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda S in TX Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 My 7yo keeps asking if we are going to have heart attack at Thankgiving this year. Last year we had hardtack while studying the pilgrims. He also calls semis (the big trucks), termites. Our goats have wobbles (wattles) and he likes milking their gutters (udders). My 2yo asks for mole (guacamole). She also asks for more when she hasn't had any yet. If you are in her way and she needs past, she yells in a loud voice "Excuse you!" All meat is either steak or chicken depending on shape. She also prefers homemade oreos over cheesecake and cooked cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower are her most favorite things in the world to eat. She is such a funny little person. Melinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 DD insisted that it was Whinnie A Pooh instead of Whinnie THE pooh. My oldest called his blue blanket "Blue B" and it had to go everywhere. When I bought a white one as a fill in for the blue one, he insisted that the White B go to gamma's and we keep the Blue B. My middle son would call his brother Barkie instead of Mark. One of the funniest ones was my nephew. I was babysitting him and he kept whining at the refrigerator for a "green one." We went through every thing until we figured out that he wanted a popsicle. However, there weren't any green Popsicle. He had a fit when we closed the freezer door, dragged a chair over and grabbed a root-beer flavored popsicle and proudly proclaimed "GREEN ONE." Nope, he wasn't color blind, but that was his word for popsicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 When my oldest was little, at mass she thought our priest's name was " Beata God" because we always say "thanks be to God". Oh, dd thought Fr. Rob was God. I'd forgotten all about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 LOL! My oldest daughter always wanted to wear "heehiles" (high heels) and her dad worked at the hop-sit-al. Our third daughter couldn't say her K's so she said here titty, titty, titty Our 5 yo boy still says that daddy works at the host-i-ble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Goldwater Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Hippo-mo-potamus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawana Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Dgd, 3, says panpake for pancake, and now all of us say it that way, too. Muse-kit for music, sun cream for sun screen, lickish for licorice. Dd used to say bomber for bottom and lollow for yellow─for ds yellow was yeyow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 smarmellows ~~~~marshmallows piders~~~ spiders Pony hairs ~~ pony tail hair ponys~~ rubber band for the pony tail (try keeping THOSE streight) I find that they STOP saying these right about the time you have been converted. My mother still calls garbage 'grotchep' I still call spiders 'piders', and hair bands 'hair ponys' Lara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommytobees Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 These are (mostly) so clean!!! Ky couldn't say the 'tr' sound, it always came out as 'f'. He loved trucks. "Mama, ook, f- ucks, mama, f- ucks." We have lots of stories like that. My daughter loved Strawberry Shortcake. Only she said, Strawberry Who recake. (take out the space) Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 gibby for spaghetti (no idea, but BOTH of my kids said it that way) ER said: mingus for music printzel for pretzel effalunt for elephant EK said: pampank for pancake broccomole for guacamole (got it mixed up with broccoli) babbet for blanket There were SO many more, but those are the ones I can think of right off the top of my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 It's not something he mispronounced, but something he misunderstood. ER was barely 3 the first time we took him to see the 4th of July fireworks show here in our small town. We spread a blanket on the ground and watched. He was SO excited! After each pop, he would clap his hands and shout, "Do it again, God!" We hated to tell him that God wasn't doing it; people were. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginevra Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Our third daughter couldn't say her K's so she said here titty, titty, titty :lol::lol::lol: Oh. My. Word!!!! My dd used to call the restaurant Bob Evans, "Bob's Heaven". Instead of saying "each other", she said, "our juther". As in, "We like to play with our juther." Both my olders called lightning, "Light-Ling". DD only just stopped doing this about a year or two ago. :tongue_smilie: My little ds called popsicles, "Popeye-Cycles". My nephew calls his brother, whose name is Carter, "Nu-nu". :confused:His mom has no idea where that came from, but that's what he says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 My 8 yo dd used to call pork chops, pork jobs. I crack up everytime I make them because of her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diane in CO Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Some of our favorites: Fuddruckers "Fun wreckers" ....the rest of us loved it so much we all call it Fun wreckers now too. Dirth day (Birthday) Ya ya's (bananas) Gawanas (Gorillas) hocticopter (helicopter) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandaceC Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 bathing SOUP = bathing suit :lol: hand CUPS = hand cuffs Those are my favorite 2 that my youngest said for the longest time, in fact, he still thinks hand cuffs are hand cups. :) Love it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn in OH Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 My nephew calls his brother, whose name is Carter, "Nu-nu". Before Owen could say Owen he said "Nu-nu". It was cute and it stuck. We all sometimes call him Nu-Nu. My mom just asked the other day way it is we call him that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diane in CO Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Oh, forgot to mention one of my favorites....Mohog...as in "Mom when I grown up can I have my hair in a Mohog" :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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