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to not correct my toddler's hilarious mispronunciations?

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Celledora · 04/03/2019 21:23

Will it scar him for life if I let him find out for himself that he it is, in fact, 'bread sticks' he loves, not "big d*cks'?!

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Jaxtellerswife · 04/03/2019 22:07

My 2 year old has been declaring that some things are dick dusting for a few days now. And that at Halloween there is a bitch Grin

Canshopwillshop · 04/03/2019 22:07

Love these 😂 My DD used to say Easter cunt instead of Easter Egg hunt 😅

steff13 · 04/03/2019 22:07

My eldest son, when he was about 3, told me he liked my cock. I made him repeat it three times, before he got frustrated and pointed to my watch.

TheKrakening3 · 04/03/2019 22:07

My son would say cock instead of clock. His favourite song was My Grandfather’s Clock. The substitution works brilliantly.

Amicompletelyinsane · 04/03/2019 22:07

My little boy used to be obsessed with clocks. There was a big clock in the doctors reception behind the receptionist. He used to point at the receptionist and shout " cock" v loudly 🙈

Schroedingersbadger · 04/03/2019 22:08

DD2 when aged 2 said cock shit for chocolate and kiss arse for Christmas. It was Christmas, so there was a lot of kiss arse cock shit in the shops. Still it did distract from her asking for a drink by shouting cunt. She's also slightly deaf so all delivered at full volume ConfusedBlush

Atalune · 04/03/2019 22:08

Dd use to say-

Ko-ohlala for koala and Filamingo for flamingo. It was so cute. It’s now just standards parlance in our house.

I love the mispronunciations, so cute.

MrsDeanWinchester75 · 04/03/2019 22:09

Dr says flum instead of thumb and now we all do, she also struggled for ages knowing when to stop on Rhinoceros, it was rhinoceros-eros-eros.

Trufflethewuffle · 04/03/2019 22:09

When DS1 was little he used to call socks, shoes etc yocks and yous.

We realised we needed to be more careful what we were saying when he knocked over a stack of toy building bricks and exclaimed "oh yit!"

Coldilox · 04/03/2019 22:10

My favourite when my son was three was Pissmas. Never corrected it. Was very upset this year when smhe said it properly

Moanger · 04/03/2019 22:11

Kristoff on Frozen is now known as Pissed off in our house. 🙂

Worldshohohokayestmum · 04/03/2019 22:12

Sheep are currently shit-shits according to DS. Shit-shits go Baaa 😂

TOADally · 04/03/2019 22:13

DD loved meatballs and pasta, but meatballs would come out as 'mipples'. Easily misheard in a restaurant or café.

thebabessavedme · 04/03/2019 22:14

my dgs plays going to 'hostable' in an 'ableance' I dont think we shall ever say hospital again.

Moominmammaatsea · 04/03/2019 22:15

Cucumber will forever more be known as ‘cumbaba’ in our house, thanks to DD2. Her spoonerisms also include ‘acci-didn’t’ for accident, which is most apt for her and other Wreck-it-Ralph-type toddlers, I think. We’ve all adopted it for any type of sorry-not-sorry activity in our home now.

DD1, now 11, had problems pronouncing her r sound properly when she was 2 so used to delight in kicking through the ‘cunty’ autumn leaves. Especially outside Grandma’s house...very loudly.

AnyFarrahFowler · 04/03/2019 22:17

DS called chickens “digors” age 2. He’s now 3 and says chicken - and looks at me strange if I call them digors. It wasn’t me who made it up!!

JohnnyHatesJazz · 04/03/2019 22:18

We go to 'Wisburys' Sainsburys in our house. My DD is early 20's but we still say it.

salsamad · 04/03/2019 22:18

Our DS used to say Pissgetti for Spaghetti - still sometimes ask him if he fancies that for tea if he's home from Uni Grin .

JaretsGirlfren · 04/03/2019 22:19

When my DD was younger she thought rollercoasters were called ‘heights’ as she’d heard someone say they were afraid of heights in relation to a rollercoaster.

My all time favourite was her word for handkerchief... ‘pankerchink’! I used to try and steer the conversation so she’d say it more Blush Grin

ReleaseTheBats · 04/03/2019 22:20

"Marks and 'spensive" is wonderful 😬

novasglowx · 04/03/2019 22:21

Aww I miss the days of "Coocookacum!" (cucumber), "Unpooter" (computer), "pjaffe" (giraffe) and "updairs, downdairs" (upstairs, downstairs). Almost makes me feel broody Grin

BusySnipingOnCallOfDuty · 04/03/2019 22:22

Both mine had speech delay (one still does).

Puddit/Purdit = pirate
Tellin = tail
Pannin = panda

I lost where I wrote the rest down.

With my nearly eight year old, she will come out with something which with her delay, plus the tv on, plus my missing a hearing aid, will sound extremely dodgy.

There's a few words which have literally escaped me right now which we say the wrong way on purpose but I can't remember what, because they're in the moment words.

Supergrassyknoll · 04/03/2019 22:23

As far as I am concerned a crocodile will forever be a cadaroar, though my newly 3 year olds blanky may need to evolve from being his fucky 😂

novasglowx · 04/03/2019 22:23

DD also had "kinky fingers" after having a bath Grin

novasglowx · 04/03/2019 22:24

Rapunzel was "Apunsdums"

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