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I Just Love DSs Mispronunciations!

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PavlovtheCat · 08/01/2013 18:20

me: do you want a sandwich?
DS: yeth pleathe! peanut butteeer thandawidge - what berwed do we have? whaite or berwown?
me: both, what would you like to have?
DS: berwown berwed pleathe


he is just 3.

Aw how my heart melted as he spoke and then ran off!

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Wolfiefan · 08/01/2013 18:23

My 3 yr old says mank u or manks!
Cute little things aren't they?

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PavlovtheCat · 08/01/2013 18:58

ow that's lovely. I love this age. I noticed as I watched both him and DD aged 6 going into the front room that he is now at the age of running everywhere. And DD has stopped running everywhere. he ran like the wind into the front room and she just casually sloped following him. I don't remember when she stopped that! Certainly not that long ago as I recall taking her to school with her running as usual and spotting older children walking, and wondered if DD would ever stop running Sad

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vladthedisorganised · 08/01/2013 21:53

Awww. that's really cute. Grin

"Th" and "w" sounds are a struggle for DD at the moment, but instead of saying 'dat' and 'dose' we (or ve) get zat and zose. And "Senk you!"

It's like living with Greta Garbo's cheeky offspring in miniature. "No senk you, I vant to vatch Peppa Pig for von little epsissode, and zen I'll have tea."
"I sink I shall go to ze bassroom, becoss I need a vee"
Grin

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LegoAcupuncture · 08/01/2013 22:55

Ds3 has been saying beemarto sauce instead of tomato sauce. Made me giggle when he said beemayonnaise today. He is just 4.

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TrazzleMISTLEtoes · 08/01/2013 22:57

Love these! DS watches "po-grams" and says "do you berember, mum?". Oh, he watches his po-grams on the TB and also watches DBDs. So adorable!

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MoelFammau · 08/01/2013 22:58

My 20mo learnt the word 'cork' today. We live in Glasgow but she pronounced it in broadest Yorkshire.

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NoNoNoMYDoIt · 08/01/2013 23:00

TRazzle - DD has excellent pronunciation and about the only think she gets wrong is remember - it is fumember. I love it Grin

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NotSpartacus · 08/01/2013 23:01

DD2 had biscetti for supper.
She's 3 too. And loves Dorge pig.

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TrazzleMISTLEtoes · 08/01/2013 23:07

NoNoNo it shall always be berember chez Trazzle Grin

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Alibabaandthe40nappies · 08/01/2013 23:13

Aww that is cute Grin

DS2 is 21 months. Yesterday morning he came into our bed for his morning BF. His older brother was already in with us having a cuddle. DS2 very politely asked DS1 to move over so that he could have his milk.

DS2 'Me Me DS1' - he means excuse me
DS1 shuffles over
DS2 'Tank woo DS1'

DH and I were like this GrinGrin

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gaelicsheep · 08/01/2013 23:18

Awww! It is such a gorgeous age. Smile

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gaelicsheep · 08/01/2013 23:21

Mummy oodi dooing? (Mummy, what are you doing? DD, 2.5)

oo da (What's that?)

There is a theme. We get a lot of oodi, oodi, oodi syllable filling too - cute! But can make for difficulty understanding her!

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ninaprettyballerina · 08/01/2013 23:27

I love when DS1 gets the 'constructions' out for his games (instructions). He's 4

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EugenesAxe · 08/01/2013 23:51

They are great aren't they! DS 2.11 broadly speaks well... it seems funny considering all that I'm about to list:

Skank you = thank you
Wilf = wolf
Bandrage = bandage
Special ehlivery! = special delivery
Gisset = biscuit
Scotti = biscotti (Heinz baby ones; I'm not raising gourmet children)
'Lumpus at a vet' = (Hairy MacLary's) Rumpus at the Vet

He also had a big Vinnie the Vitch stage; 'w' is OK now mainly (shame about subsequent vowels). He often mishears articles and the like... he is very into Room on the Broom since broadcast, and will occasionally come out with: "I am a dog! As keen as a bee."

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Clearlymisunderstood · 08/01/2013 23:57

My 17 month old DD had been singing something that sounds miraculously like "old bastard" all weekShock
We've now worked out its the doors on the bus going open and shut Grin

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TrazzleMISTLEtoes · 09/01/2013 03:54

When he was 2, DS used to call peacocks "big cocks" Grin loudly and whenever he saw one (like at a farm or something! We don't keep them!) and he insists that the Fireman Sam theme includes the words "muck sack, make way for Fireman Sam..."

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PavlovtheCat · 09/01/2013 08:50

These are so lovely, and have put a smile on face ready to face the day. And, although DS has only been out of the house for 15 mins, I miss him! And DD!

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marzipananimal · 09/01/2013 08:57

So cute! DS's speech has got a lot clearer recently so I told DH off the other day for correcting something he was pronuncing wrong - I don't want him to grow out of all his mispronunciations!

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Ozziegirly · 09/01/2013 10:26

Mine (DS aged 2.4) has lost loads of cute words recently, but luckily still says "w" for "l" so I get asked for a "wift up please" and "look at the pretty weaves".

He also still calls balloons "a boons" and pronounces some words in a bonkers posh accent.

LOVE the mini Greta Garbo.

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matana · 09/01/2013 11:02

DS (2.1) says "Luff-oo" for 'Love you'. Yesterday he began saying "lazy-boy" for 'ladybird'. But i put that down to his pesky daddy who was simultaneously trying to teach him 'lady boy'. And the award for worst parenting skills goes to my husband.

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Seeline · 09/01/2013 11:07

My DD also liked bescetti for tea!
She also enjoyed her gymlastics (tumbletots)
She's 8 now and most words are correct. If I could get her to pronounce the 'th' in the middle of her name rather than an 'f' we'd be there Grin

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firawla · 09/01/2013 11:08

my 3 year old has really delayed speech so he is only now learning to talk, in the last week he's learned to say mummy but he says it bubby cos he cant get the letters - so when he sees me now he starts to really happily shout bubby.. bubby.. bubbbyyyyyyyy Grin its so cute

4 year old still has some mispronounciations too, cant even think what now though Confused he always used to say nilk for milk, he still says bikkit (biscuit)

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wontwearsocks · 09/01/2013 11:13

DD2 is just 4 and calls scissors 'snissors'. I love it. She calls her sisters Nintendo 'the intendo'.

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onehitwonder · 09/01/2013 11:13

D gets used a lot by DS age 3, so we have:
Drussel Strouts
Dagette

and we had to guess his friend at nurserys name 'it begins with D' it was 'Dorenzo' Grin

I love it

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