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Children’s mispronunciations which have stuck.

288 replies

cheesersqueezer · 30/03/2021 22:36

My son said ‘macamori’ instead of macaroni when he was younger. The whole family still refer to it as macamori, years later.

My friends son would ask for a ‘dinky dous’ when he wanted a drink of juice. We still say that now.

Any similar children’s mispronunciation’s which the whole family have adopted as their own?

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Shouldbedoing · 30/03/2021 22:37

We like to sit in the Consurgery

trapinch · 30/03/2021 22:38

Nins and peedles

TheCheeseAlarm · 30/03/2021 22:40

We play tennis with twatters. DS1, who coined it, is 22 now.

HeyGirlHeyBoy · 30/03/2021 22:41

Ca-yets for carrots and bideo for video. Par park is another one Grin

PurePeppermint · 30/03/2021 22:42

We turn the TV on with the momote.

stclair · 30/03/2021 22:42

We are looking forward to restaur-hants reopening

Cooltalkin · 30/03/2021 22:43

We still say
He hiles ( high heels)

MissOrganisedMe · 30/03/2021 22:44

It's hanitizer here 😂

Chilver · 30/03/2021 22:44

Turkey blue for turquoise (still used today and she is 9yo)
Cramote for remote

Dipladated instead of dilapidated from when my aibling and I were kids.

chitofftheshovel · 30/03/2021 22:45

Don’t drink sparkly water often but it’ll always be fucking water.

Crocidura · 30/03/2021 22:45

Jimanas instead of pyjamas.

Hippo Thomas instead of hippopotamus.

Plus DD thought bruise was a plural noun, so we all still say, ooh how did you get that broo?

Haudyourwheesht · 30/03/2021 22:46

@MissOrganisedMe

It's hanitizer here 😂

We're hanitizer too. Grin

MaidofKent78 · 30/03/2021 22:46

Gockies (socks)
Caboons (croissants; they look like butterfly cocoons)
The North Morkshire Yoors
Hella-hella (from the German Anhanger for trailer)
Conservantory

There are plenty more but these have really stuck

halfhope · 30/03/2021 22:46

Bite of eat for bite of food

Throughabushbackwards · 30/03/2021 22:46

We watch Neckflix here and hate it when there is heavy traffic that causes a crap'n'jam.

Daydrambeliever · 30/03/2021 22:47

Par Cark.
Hazel Stones
Full to the Broom
❤️

JustAddCoffee91 · 30/03/2021 22:47

We have a few
"Fuck wrist" forklift
"Wegs" legs
"Kissy nose" (when we rub noses together)..he's only 2
"Sweeeeep" sleep

CanAnyoneHearMe3 · 30/03/2021 22:47

Hazel-stones instead of hailstones

Pinchoftums · 30/03/2021 22:48

We like to imagine holidays in Swizzerland (though it's a con I tell you). And I get drinky sometimes and need a glass of water.

sleepyhead · 30/03/2021 22:49

Ds2 always gets a snuffy nose, so now we all do too.

Not a mispronunciation, but ds1 used to say things that were too strongly flavoured/spicy were "too tasty for me" so that one's stuck too.

KatyaZamolodchikova · 30/03/2021 22:49

Oh yes. We have the mirote instead of a remote. On holiday I go snookling instead of snorkelling. And we fix things with a screwfdriver courtesy of a friends child.

Tomcullenisahero · 30/03/2021 22:50

The cheese grater is now the Pease cheeler (cheese peeler but muddled!Grin)

southern82 · 30/03/2021 22:51

My son asks for chatter cheese all the time....he means Cheshire cheese!

ImNotShpanishImEgyptshun · 30/03/2021 22:51

Gin-ban-man for gingerbread man.
Grabbity for gravity.
Tablep for tablet.

Hillwalker1 · 30/03/2021 22:52

Booby wrangs for bra. I have no idea how he got to that (aged 3)

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