Remudamom Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Funny things/pronunciations little people say. What are yours? Mine called their underwear "unvadare". "Hots" were piles of toys. "Dees" were stuffed animals. "Whee Chee" was a little plastic green chair, and whenenver I said whee chee they would all roll around laughing because apparently I pronounced it incorrectly. :001_huh: Write these down moms, when you're old and senile like me you won't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margo out of lurking Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I've always liked "head ich." Dd called her pacifier "num num," and to our whole family's embarrassment, dh and I STILL call them "num nums" today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncmomo3 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Pine noodles=pine needles Opopus=octopus cirlce=syrup I think they were a bit around 2 when they said these. Good thread -it made me smile this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Both my kids say myoo-ghis for music, they just can't get that one right. :lol: Anything that was "a lot" when they were little, they would say " a pile" so there was a lot of: "look at the pile of birds!" or "I'm a whole pile of hot". My daughter says berry instead of very and my very favorite, she says wuv for love. I wuv you mommy is just so sweet to my ears! Boo Boo for peekaboo (when she was a toddler) was also a cute one. She also use to call her pony tails "Pobie Tails" :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 My kids are old enough to articulate well and I have forgotten a lot of what they used to say, I didn't write it down either. Waaah! But I have a 2yo grandson. My daughter calls me up often to tell me about his new words: Peanut butter on bread: pea bread Tea pot: pea pot (he has a yellow pea pot) Juice: yellow Slide: Wee When he has undressed himself: I nude. Stuck: duck When he is mad at you: You bawawa! Dog: goggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieAir Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 When youngest ds was about 5 he had trouble with the words astronaut and ostrich. We visited an exotic animal farm and he excitedly pointed at one of the large birds sitting on the ground. "Look Mommy! An astronaut!" MIL and I laughed even harder when 3yodd stared at it wide-eyed and said, "Big duck!" It did look like a big duck with it's legs tucked under it out of sight. Youngest dd used to say "I amn't" instead of "I'm not". Until recently she still would occasionally confuse the words syrup and ketchup asking for ketchup for her pancakes. My favorite was when she pointed at the sky one day when she was about 8 and said, "Look Mommy! Skyscrapers!" What can I say? We live in Kansas where there are no real skyscrapers and it seemed logical to her that the word referred to the planes leaving "scrapes" across the sky.:lol: I can't think of any funnies for the older two at the moment. I'm sure there must be some, but it's been a while;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigitte Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Twin B always says I am hurting her "scallop" when I brush her hair. Both twins call fences gates and there is nothing I can say or do to get them to switch. They are almost 7, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockermom Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Well, my son is just beginning to speak, so I don't have many yet. He does say "Ahhhh" (like you would after a refreshing drink) when he is thirsty. My friend's dd said "pirkle" for purple when she was small. I remember when I used to sit for them she called the phone a "shone". One day, she sat there saying the "f" sound over and over and over while she played (she was barely a year old). I was frightened because her father has a rather foul mouth and I worried I would be blamed (falsely, of course) with the word that I knew was about to come out of her mouth. After about a half hour, she look up at me thoughtfully and said slowly... phone. I was soooooo relieved. She also stepped in goose droppings once and called it "doose gookey". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in SC Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 randomly spread throughout all of my children's babyhoods: yuv = love Bev Obens = Bob Evans :lol: beltseat = seatbelt puck = cup cheese = please fert = horse (don't ask me how that came about; I've no idea) Many more, but those are the ones that really bring a smile. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 My dd would say: Popsicle = pockeylah sandwich = whaa-whee Thank you = gump (how she got that out of thank you, I'll never know!) The little one I watch says: thank you = dayday bird = herdie cup = lah-lee hug = uggy kiss = mmmmah! food = nummy blanket = ghee ghee feet = toetoes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midwestbelle Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I don't know why they put the B in there. Also, "sandlich" (sandwich) is pretty common around here. My youngest cousin used to call shrimp "chicken lobsters" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babybryte Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Cup - "puh" Milk - "birk" Weeping Willow tree - "ungrella tree" (umbrella tree) Shipping = "Shifting" Civil War - "Silver War" :) Jacquelyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 the one I can think of right now is "talkie walkie" no matter how many times I have said it correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Something lost: "It'll be a turnip." (From us saying, "It'll turn up." Yo-grit POP pie Huh. I can't remember any more right now. Must be getting old already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 My dd is 8 and still says "maybe" a bit funny. It comes out "mayve." Rhymes with Gravy. When she was a little: hey-mums were M&M's bibbits were biscuits her pacifier was a pap-eese said with a funny French accent. We have no idea where that came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KS_ Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I don't remember a lot of them, but my dd said this one even up until a year or 2 ago - rainbrella for umbrella. I always thought it was very cute and didn't correct her . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lilreds in NC Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Let's see. Emma: ckles - pickles gurt - yogurt anya - lasagna dles - noodles laylups - ladybugs cumps - chipmunks oo-hih - uh-oh deebow - rainbow (my parents' dog's name) Abbie: buddies - birdies doodles - noodles lello - yellow (I know lots of kids do this but it's my favorite :)) pickmic - picnic packpack - backpack ateycorns - acorns oh-blella - umbrella plillow - pillow pliglet - piglet ploop - you can figure it out I bet, LOL "No I amn't" And, my 2yo nephew is here right now, and he is the cutest thing. He speaks of himself in the 3rd person a lot, and also phrases everything as a question, so "Auntie Beth can help you?" means "Aunt Beth will you help me?" Other cuteness: "Grandma can hold you?" "You are playing with Mumum?" "You can pet the baby?" Also, he narrates everything as he goes along: "I will come over here around the chair and see the girls. What are the girls doing? She is drinking her water! What is the baby doing? He is eating his puffs." His enunciation is amazing for a 2yo. I don't remember my girls speaking this well at this age, and of course I thought they were "very advanced." (That's a family joke. All the babies are, of course, very advanced. :D) And, I have to tell you, hearing a 2 yo with a little New Zealander accent is absolutely precious. The little southerners with their accents melt my heart, but his sweet little voice has them beat. :) I don't really like being called Auntie (makes me feel a bit like I should be an old spinster) but it's OK if Christopher does it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lilreds in NC Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Huh. I can't remember any more right now. Must be getting old already? No, honey, just pregnant. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigitte Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 My dd is 8 and still says "maybe" a bit funny. It comes out "mayve." Rhymes with Gravy. When she was a little: hey-mums were M&M's bibbits were biscuits her pacifier was a pap-eese said with a funny French accent. We have no idea where that came from. My daughter calls M&M's Emma M's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacqui in mo Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 My dd used to say "quiet dogs" for Hush puppies. It took us a while to figure that out when she announced she wanted to go to the restaurant with "quiet dogs". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy2BeautifulGirls Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 K: covered = cupboard amn't = aren't For some reason, she has started thinking double T's are double D's. She tries to enunciate her words by saying things like "pod-dy" instead of "potty." It's cute. H: acorn candy = corn candy recsue = rescue popaco = Popsicle sur = sure Scunday school or Cunday school = Sunday school I'm sure there are tons more, especially from H, but I can't seem to recall them at the moment. As I hear her talk to me today, I'll have to jot a few down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanki Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 My 5yod still calls catepillars "calipittars". The candy Smarties used to be called "farties". I'm glad that one is over! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy2BeautifulGirls Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Oh, I forgot a couple: H says smarshmellows (with the accent on the mell) for marshmallows. When my cousin was little (he's 18 now!) he used to say wud for love. That has stuck through the years, and we all still say it all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I wish I'd written them down somewhere. Those sweet words are forgotten eaisly as the years go by. However, I will always remember my two year old telling us after kissin her baby brother... "He nubs me, momma." Too sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyable Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 beyana = banana (another DD said bana or bananana alternately :)) shoom = spoon packpack = backpack (they all did this) amn't (I actually remember doing this as a child, I just couldn't figure it out) cankum = thank you (we still say this too her occasionally, she is 10 :lol:) igmire = admire bedley = a special blanket oh-ee-oh-ee-oh = Eeyore We have a library in a town near us that has "Marsh" in the name and dd calls it the Marshmallow library. Same dd says she has to "peep" when she needs to use the bathroom. ;) I know there's more, I did write them down somewhere around here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I've always liked "head ich." Dd called her pacifier "num num," and to our whole family's embarrassment, dh and I STILL call them "num nums" today. My middle ds(now 7) calledhis a pop-pop. We still use that today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 When he was little: Bunny (his beloved toy that went everywhere with him) = buh-ee Ducks or chickens were called "gok gok" (his impression of a quack) hippo = hoppoo funny = fuff Many two-syllable words were pronounced by simply doubling the first syllable. So "I'm eating" would be "I ea-eat." After his bath, he would run around "nay-nay". (When I wanted to get his jammies on, he would sometimes protest, "I want nay-nay boy!") A little older: hospital = hossible lemonade = lemalade (we still call it this in our family) interesting = instersting He is 11yo, and still pronounces the word "put" funny. He says "putt". He has finally broken the habit of asking me to "lower up the radio". Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam H Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I love this thread! Along with some, my frequently pregnant aging brain is now mush and I can't remember most of the best. The funniest came from my 5th ds, now 7yo: Catsup = "cow poop" :lol: We had a little game when he was a toddler. I would ask him, "Joel, are you my sweet boy?" He would reply, "Yeah, mama, I you sweet boy." Turns me to butter every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianne Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 ds5 uses today: radish = rash "Mommy I have a radish on my leg" I love this one! baby soup = bathing suit When ds5 was first learning to talk: yah-ye = hungry dink = drink dog-dog = hot dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Something lost: "It'll be a turnip." (From us saying, "It'll turn up." Yo-grit POP pie Huh. I can't remember any more right now. Must be getting old already? My kids still say Yo-grit :lol: Oh, I forgot a couple: H says smarshmellows (with the accent on the mell) for marshmallows. They also still say that too! Another one they still say too is daisylion for dandelion. All these posts are making me laugh... I LOVE the mispronunciation stage of 1-3 year olds (and up!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam Wilhelm Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 when my son was young..... Tummy was Pummy and ..........are you ready???? Chocolate was Cok-lick. :eek: As in, "E" love Cok-lick. :lol: (we obviously never had him say this in public :lol: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2legomaniacs Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 My older had some cute ones when he was a wee tiny babe. Macaroni and cheese: Moo kee keese Blueberries: booberries To nurse: nurnurs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Chocolate was Cok-lick. :eek: As in, "E" love Cok-lick. :lol: (we obviously never had him say this in public :lol: ) :rofl: oh boy that is funny! It reminds me that I use to get some humdingers from my son when he was learning to make up rhymes :eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Ice - cream = "bean bean" garbage = "bargish" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Currently we're hearing ambliance (ambulance), refrigalator (refrigerator) and hangaberger (hamburger). I always miss the wrong pronunciation once they learn the correct way to say it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.griff Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 2yod asks for a "puttersandich on a spoon" LOL. What she's SAYing is "I want a peanut butter sandwich on a spoon". :lol: What she MEANS is "I want some peanut butter on a spoon", at least- that's what she gets when she asks, LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diane in CO Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Well my little almost 5 year old with some speech issues comes up with some pretty cute one but my very favorite is.... Minnie Way Jones & the Naughties (Indiana Jones & the Nazis)....he has the lego set and loves to play with it. Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 fire engine = fun gin underware = panties (even the boys!:001_smile:) passing gas = poof or toot bottle = ba ba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 shamingo-flamingo pimpermint-peppermint certikeetik-certificate glubs-gloves paypyer-paper hurkles-circles tipsmiss-christmas And probably a hundred more I have forgotten :-( Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennay Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 My ds used to call the remote control the "doot doot". My sister would push the buttons and say doot, doot when she was doing it so I'm sure that's where he got it from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenschooler Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Drawling. As in, "I am drawling a picture for you, Mommy." I don't know why, but they added an l at the end of many words that ended in the aw sound. Even saw - "I sawl that movie." They took a long time to grow out of this (dd9 still does it!). Strange children, I have. I don't talk that way, so I have no idea where or why they picked this up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorothy Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Me - "We live in Miami." Them (age 2) - "NO!, It's My Yami!!!" My dh and I are still enjoying this with dc #4 (age 2). :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gail Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 My little girl used to call a magazine a maz-a-geen. She also called a hamburger a hang-a-ber. We all thought it was pretty cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Dd use to say "Beesert" for desert. She also use to say "Don't Beeget!" for "Don't Forget!" We would always smile and say "Too late!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyB Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 "I want to hug you" whenever he wants to be picked up. Who can resist that cute little face looking up at you. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 My daughter is of an age where I'm actively working on correcting these things. Her speech was a bit delayed before age 3, and while she caught up such that she didn't qualify for services through the PS when she finished Early Intervention speech therapy, it's something I'm mindful of. I have made a blog entry or two about her speech gems. Most recently, we've been working on correcting "aminal" to "animal". She still sometimes calls a poem a "pullum". What's really cute now is when she throws out a big word, like "stupendous!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Just found this thread today and I've thoroughly enjoyed reading! My dc have some in common with some of your dc. For example: Yogrit, catipitter, ambliance, refrigalater (or just frigalator for short!)and one said "ea-eat" too. Over the years some of the ones I have most enjoyed: ash-a-lie for eyelash lem a lems for M&Ms see-grets for cigarettes (they actually still stay this ex, "Oh sissy, don't step on that see-gret!" in the Target parking lot or wherever.) cavvage for cabbage dd5 planted a cabbage and then some critters got to it and she put her hands on her hips, wrinkled up her nose, stomped her foot and said in a growly voice, "Mama! Something been eating my cavvage!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 "Your butt talks." (spoken, again and again, by 2yodd, after 10yods shared that his buttocks was sore from jumping on the trampoline at a friend's house) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Years ago my oldest dubbed the sushi conveyor the "carnivore belt." We've used that name ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffinmom Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 ds milk = notch (??) breakfast = brefkiss (still says it and he's 6) a neighbor's poodle = sheep (could not talk him out of this!) dd milk = nowk (??) water = wow headache = head cake :lol: rooster = cockaroo any sandwich = ham hammitch It's too late...my recall is fading fast.:sleep: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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