**Sound-Off** Your Kids' mispronounciations and special wordings

[bubble.tea]

Well, those of you who know my food thread know we like our Milk-Shakes, and Home made Iced Cappuccino's.


Well XX, never calls it but Apple-Chino's...which isn't so bad. It USED TO BE Extra-Chino hehe. Daaaad., Eh-You-gonna make us Extra-Chino tonight?.
Oh yeah that's another one. For some reason she can't figure out that it's "Can you...." as in Can you help me tie my shoes. Instead she says "Eh you...." hehe. So adorable. For lack of a better spelling, the phonetics are 100% 'Eh' in nature-weird as we don't use it that much...I think :D.
XY, our younger, has progressed from Dada., to Dad-eeeeeee but the fun one is-instead of MoMieeeee...it's Mo-Nieeeeeee lmao. Yep he says Money!!!! instead of mommy.
hmmm what else. Oh yeah., XX Just LOVES to call me Mommy at times., and I have to look her square in the face and say...AHEM :cheesygri.


I'll think of more later today :).

[don242]

hmmm what else. Oh yeah., XX Just LOVES to call me Mommy at times., and I have to look her square in the face and say...AHEM :cheesygri.




I deal with that all the time as well. I'd try to play along but I just don't think I could pass myself off as "mommy"!


Let's see, our one child used to enjoy going to the gee-store (grocery store). Ask our other child how they are doing and it is always a straight, well pronounced but abrupt "good", nothing more, nothing less. Another one is the ow-breye (instead of eyebrow) which is always amusing so why correct it?

To tell you the turth, I have either forgotten or don't notice the mispronounciations anymore. Like most parents, I understand what they are saying, but most others don't.

[ghostryder]

My son has very good reading skill for a 6 yr old and often gets very difficult words correct on the first try.

We are still working on:

edgery = energy

yo-grit = yogurt

"I have lots of edgery, I just ate a yo-grit"

[bubble.tea]

My son has very good reading skill for a 6 yr old and often gets very difficult words correct on the first try.

We are still working on:

edgery = energy

yo-grit = yogurt

"I have lots of edgery, I just ate a yo-grit"

Just face it. You're raising suthernorz out in the Prairies :D

[3weddings]

Our oldest didn't say sit....she added an H!! :D :razz:

[roguechameleon]

Just don't get my kid to say "fork"...

sounds a little like another 4-letter word :|

[pollox]

Heh, when my 3 year old daughter gets dry lips, she asks for some "chap-smick"

[mrcantrell]

Mine doesn't talk yet, but I just had to chime in with a...

"AWSOME THREAD!!!"

[Topher]

My daughter would say "lellow" or "yeyyow", but never "yellow". One day it was so frustrating (and funny), that I thought she was doing it on purpose!

My son used to refer to "nipples" as "nickels". That one never got old!

[ken_ll]

Hong Kong soup = Won ton soup

hoptercopter = helicopter

And over time, this wording resolved itself.

[bubble.tea]

Hey., I remembered another one my XY is currently on.

Apple = Ah-Poe (as in Edgar Allen Poe) I LOVE IT.

mind you I'm still going BONKERS for the DAH-DEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. awwwwwwwwwww shucks.

[don242]

mind you I'm still going BONKERS for the DAH-DEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. awwwwwwwwwww shucks.

Better get used to that one. I don't think it ever stops.

[Ayla500]

I can think of 2 right off the top of my head.
All 3 of my kids (ages 8,6,4) still call a chicken drumstick, "chicken on a handle". We go to Swiss Chalet and they order this from the waitress, who looks at us funny.
Another one is when my oldest was about 4 we had to stop at the liquor store and he thought we were going to the licorice store. He thought he was getting licorice. He still calls it that

[bubble.tea]

Made a mental note of another one.

XY 3.5 says I-cauwz or...D-cauwz instead of 'because' :D

[ghostryder]

A one time incident that crosses my mind....

When my now 6yr old was barely into the Mama/Dada stage of learning to talk he was sitting in his highchair for supper one day and we gave him his food and a fork.

At which point he took a few bites and started saying "spa" over and over and shaking his fork at us. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what he wanted. He got really frustrated and slapped the fork down, slapped the high chair and said

"fork.....spa" "fork......spa"

He wanted a spoon. Stupid daddy


And he still calls KFC "chicken cave" (a variation of chicken KFC I guess)

[mrcantrell]

All 3 of my kids (ages 8,6,4) still call a chicken drumstick, "chicken on a handle". We go to Swiss Chalet and they order this from the waitress, who looks at us funny.


ROTFLMAO!

[Shaf]

Our little one (19 months) has some funny ones...

fofun = lotion
tool = stool
thraw = straw

[Topher]

My son used to say "beechachoo" (be careful). I guess he heard it alot. :)

[feet_]

lets see my 1.5 yr old.

pan new = pingu

every word starts with ah
ah-cookie
ah-done

blank=blanket
growls =no
no!=no


my 3.5 yr old
tubby tubby = teletubbies
milkshake = milk with a drop of choco syrup.
fah ker =soccer

[bubble.tea]

My son used to say "beechachoo" (be careful). I guess he heard it alot. :)

:confused:, What's this supposed to be?

[D-Roc]

My wife runs a daycare and one of the kids told her he has a hole in his sock, but it did not come out that way.

It came out sounding like "I have a hoe in my c@ck."

[Topher]

:confused:, What's this supposed to be?

"Be careful" - I guess we used to say it a lot.

[krobin]

since about 26 months and she is pronouncing better

"Oreo" which is my father in law's dog she says "A-Hole"
our cat is also named "Jasper"which comes out as "Bass-tar"

very rude but so so funny

[Junebugs]

At 3, DD called corn, "porn". At daycare one day, they were talking about favourite foods, and DD said, "I like hot porn" :eek:

[Topher]

At 3, DD called corn, "porn". At daycare one day, they were talking about favourite foods, and DD said, "I like hot porn" :eek:

ROFLMAO


You owe me a new keyboard after that one!

[chococrazy]

My friend's son is 2. If you ask him what colour his blue shirt is, he always responds with something that sounds like 'bull$hit!' Cracks us up every time :)

[Spray]

When I was growing up I had a speech impediment where I had difficulty pronouncing double L's. My older sister (ten years older) used to redicule me about it to no end.

Now her sons are 6 and 4, and BOTH have the exact same speech impediment difficulty. Now that's some divine justice :P

[bubble.tea]

When I was growing up I had a speech impediment where I had difficulty pronouncing double L's. My older sister (ten years older) used to redicule me about it to no end.

Now her sons are 6 and 4, and BOTH have the exact same speech impediment difficulty. Now that's some divine justice :P

hehe., I believe we call that INSTA-Karma ;)

[CodecX81]

Ahh I got a few.. I don't have kids but I remember a few from my childhood.

My younger brother loved trucks and big machines.. he pronounced truck as "tuck" and bulldozer as "dozebozer"

To this day, my cousin (whose now an adult) has to think about the word "certificate", as she prefers to pronounce it "sirtickafit". It kills me.

My fiancee would pronounce her r's as w's when she was little. we have footage of her at a birthday and she was saying in the cutest little girl voice..
"Can I have the chewwy?" (in reference to the cherry on the bday cake)

My fiancee's younger brother, when he was little didn't understand how to use the correct responses, but he wanted to.. so he would just use words he understood and combined them.

So if he wanted something and you asked why? he'd reply with "Be-why" and then give his explanation.. lol

So cute!


Our little nieces and nephews are pretty good with their words now. Nothing comes to mind.. If I remember I will post it here..

Everyone else, keep it up! this is cute!!

[CanadaBoy]

Ahh I got a few.. I don't have kids but I remember a few from my childhood.

My younger brother loved trucks and big machines.. he pronounced truck as "tuck" and bulldozer as "dozebozer"

To this day, my cousin (whose now an adult) has to think about the word "certificate", as she prefers to pronounce it "sirtickafit". It kills me.

My fiancee would pronounce her r's as w's when she was little. we have footage of her at a birthday and she was saying in the cutest little girl voice..
"Can I have the chewwy?" (in reference to the cherry on the bday cake)

My fiancee's younger brother, when he was little didn't understand how to use the correct responses, but he wanted to.. so he would just use words he understood and combined them.

So if he wanted something and you asked why? he'd reply with "Be-why" and then give his explanation.. lol

So cute!


Our little nieces and nephews are pretty good with their words now. Nothing comes to mind.. If I remember I will post it here..

Everyone else, keep it up! this is cute!!

Have you read Catcher in the Rye :?:

[BlueMax]

You know... other than "pyuter" for computer, it suprises my how well my boy speaks at only 3.25 years!

I can't think of funny pronunskiashuns, but he loves to change words in songs to something he prefers, or plays with sounds (like starting every word in a sentence with "blarr" or a very wet "fluff".)

It's great! :D

[bubble.tea]

Updates:

Laptop ----> Top Top

Email ----? 'ah-min-O' lmao It's SO ADORABLE.



Where's Mommy _____?
She's checking her ahminO

[slowtalon]

My fiancee would pronounce her r's as w's when she was little. we have footage of her at a birthday and she was saying in the cutest little girl voice..
"Can I have the chewwy?" (in reference to the cherry on the bday cake)


I don't have kids, so this is probably a dumb question, but, do they do this because the parents spoke "baby talk" to them?

[don242]

I don't have kids, so this is probably a dumb question, but, do they do this because the parents spoke "baby talk" to them?

That can be part of it. The main reason though is just development. It takes time to develop the ability to say certain sounds. Usually by around ages 5-7 most kids have the ability to pronounce most sounds in the vocabulary. Some kids will take a little longer.

Another factor is just the child being creative. If a child doesn't know the correct word for something, they may try to come up with something that makes sense.

And of course once a child comes up with a unique or funny pronounciation and that is followed by laughter and praise by parents, the child continues to use that word or variant. Either they don't know better or thay delight in the attention it brings them. Of course, eventually once the child hears the correct pronounciation enough and they are developed enough to say it properly, they will eventually use the correct word.

[bubble.tea]

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Another factor is just the child being creative. If a child doesn't know the correct word for something, they may try to come up with something that makes sense.

And of course once a child comes up with a unique or funny pronounciation and that is followed by laughter and praise by parents, ......

Great post.

1-Yes, very true....it is as such quite appropriately indicative of just how busy a young childs mind may be. The more creative words a child thinks up indicates how diverse the vocabulary he/she is being exposed to from such a young age, as well as how 'able' they are to process that.

2-Just as valid a point. My wife and I have already questioned ourselves when a particular pronounciation made a transient appearance in our youngest for a couple weeks. We were going bonkers for its daily appearance. Then one day it disappeared, and we found OURSELVES saying it to prompt it's reappearance, but then decided against that and let it fade into our memories :(.

My kids are 18mos and 40mos.

[Topher]

I remembered another one of my daughters:

sunscream = sunscreen. That used to crack me up, too.

[Ayla500]

my kids also used to call the Purolator man (delivery company) the calculator man.

[bubble.tea]

Did I mention that the tv REMOTE...is actually called the 'Mmmmm-rote' :lol:.



My younger is developing his vocabulary and has recently started doing the following which is GOD-AMAZINGLY-ADORABLE.

XY makes a mistake, we speak to him clearly explaining that what he did was wrong, and say at the end something like "Do you understand?"..to which a child would say "yes I understand". Instead what he says is "Awwwt"...sounds like "hot". lmao. NO Idea WHERE he got that association., but he has been doing it like clockwork these past 10days or so. It's so loving.:) He'll do all sorts of intonations and enunciational variations of 'Awwwwt'...but he ONLY uses it for "Yes, I understand I made a no no" replacement.

[Topher]

XY makes a mistake, we speak to him clearly explaining that what he did was wrong, and say at the end something like "Do you understand?"..to which a child would say "yes I understand". Instead what he says is "Awwwt"...sounds like "hot". lmao. NO Idea WHERE he got that association., but he has been doing it like clockwork these past 10days or so. It's so loving.:) He'll do all sorts of intonations and enunciational variations of 'Awwwwt'...but he ONLY uses it for "Yes, I understand I made a no no" replacement.

He's probably trying to say "alright". I come from Pennsylvania Dutch country, and down there "alright" comes out as "ah-eet".