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Children’s mispronunciations which have stuck.

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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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Scarby9 · 30/03/2021 23:30

A friend's grandchild has given our friendship group several new words.
Ambibance (ambulance)
Conservatoy (where his toys were kept)
New tility room followed by 'when we had the old tility room...')

Walkoflife · 30/03/2021 23:31

The first Halloween my boy could talk he wanted to be a teleskin! (skeleton)
We still say teleskin now!

Naillig222 · 30/03/2021 23:37

The microwave will forever be called the 'overwave' in this house.
And a dressing gown is called an 'ee-sang'.

TigerDroveAgain · 30/03/2021 23:38

DS used to say I hafted to do something rather than I had to do it.

I never corrected him as it was so cute.

He’s 19 and still says itBlush

JoeMaplin · 30/03/2021 23:39

Spiky (spicy).

worriedwithhindsight · 30/03/2021 23:42

Barkaboo for barbecue
Banyanana for banana
Puhbuhpuhbuh for caterpillar

Ramdogs · 30/03/2021 23:43

Doris Bonson

RickOShay · 30/03/2021 23:46

Totie-tola

Disneymum1993 · 30/03/2021 23:47

Cuggle for cuddle all 3 say it and it's stuck and gagetti for spaghetti people look at us like we are daft sometimes 😂

FruityPolos · 30/03/2021 23:52

My 4 year old used to pronounce Fat Controller as Fucking Troller! We worked on correcting that and she says it fine now but DP and I still call him the Fucking Troller when she is out of earshot 😆

partyatthepalace · 30/03/2021 23:58

Parcarks and Pillercats
We also went on holiday by fairy not ferry
And specified the clock when telling the time ‘what’s the time by the clock?’ never just ‘what’s the time?’

MsInsomniac · 30/03/2021 23:59

Welly whopper- helicopter
Mitmote - remote control
Veronica - verrucca
I love them and will never stop using them, I can still hear their little voices saying these words, all serious

OnTheSeaShore · 31/03/2021 00:00

DS always used to call Swiss Rolls "Swiff Rolls" and we now refer to the filling in any cake as the "Swiff"

He also used to call tulips "Achoo-lips"

Like a PP's child, he couldn't say "crisps" so he said "Crip-s-s" and we still call them that.

He once stepped in an ants' nest and was very annoyed at all the "Dirty Spiders" that ran out! Grin

crappytimes · 31/03/2021 00:00

We still say doghurts (yoghurts) and raidigator (for radiator). Kids are 14 and 11 now!

MusicTeacherSussex · 31/03/2021 00:01

Parking the car in the par Cark
Plural - cheese, fox
Singular - a chee, a fock
Eyebroy- eyebrow
Beans will always be beams!

starfishmummy · 31/03/2021 00:03

Mazagine.

DottyWott · 31/03/2021 00:06

Toe fingers
Bum nostril
Paperment (pavement)
Wind turnbines
Mountain troll (remote control)
Our conservatory was the Concemetry!

chickadeeeee · 31/03/2021 00:08

Farties for smarties

chickadeeeee · 31/03/2021 00:10

@Halo1234

Mee mee for dummy. No idea why or how we worked it out but we knew when my ds said mee mee he ment dummy. Sounds nothing like it. Now his little sisters dolls have a mee mee. And his days of asking for a mee mee are long gone.
My DS Also called it a mee mee 😂
MammaMiaWallace · 31/03/2021 00:11

Bellypopper instead of helicopter

Judashascomeintosomemoney · 31/03/2021 00:14

Birds are Beboids
Sainsbury’s in or near Canterbury is Sainterburys
Iced coffee is cofefe (thanks Donald Grin)
And we don’t have a utility room we have a Toolittlely room

Changemaname1 · 31/03/2021 00:15

Duce for juice here !

Sarahplane · 31/03/2021 00:20

Automagic doors. Uff Oo instead of love you. Open says me instead of open sesame. The baby cheeses instead of jesus.

7catsandcounting · 31/03/2021 00:21

My DD calls the living room the "belaxing room".

Sarahplane · 31/03/2021 00:22

Oh and I forgot heart beeps