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to not correct my toddler's hilarious mispronunciations?

180 replies

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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InsomniaTho · 05/03/2019 07:17

Last year I bought DToddler new socks. She was overjoyed and insisted on holding them whilst shouting “COCKS. Mummy got new cocks.”

flowersaremyfave · 05/03/2019 07:20

My eldest couldn't say ice cream instead it was arse cream. My four year old speaks brilliantly but for some reason New York is tricky, she calls it yew nork I know I should correct her but it's just so cute lol

icanthelpyou · 05/03/2019 07:23

My youngest has been doing Jack & the Beanstalk and it’s a ‘Yoga’ who’s coming for Jack

pinkmagic1 · 05/03/2019 07:26

My youngest called used the word 'Fuck' for fork. Shock

pinkmagic1 · 05/03/2019 07:27

Used the word fuck for fork that should say!

chocolatemademefat · 05/03/2019 07:30

My son loved his binoculars when he was younger and would run around asking ‘where my knockers ‘

Terribletwos84 · 05/03/2019 08:30

We get asked for a pam sandwich at lunchtime - ham sandwich, ds knows how to say h but for some reason this one has settled in. Its so cute and never want him to stop Grin

AlbusSeverusMalfoy · 05/03/2019 08:33

My 3 yr old loves jumping in muddy cuddles.

TeaforTwoBiscuitOrThree · 05/03/2019 08:40

Blo(o)dy Botion instead of Body Lotion.
I used to write down in my diary the funny mishaps, still makes me smile.

Clairaloulou · 05/03/2019 08:41

We had rotodile, cockporn, simon towel and a number of others I sadly can't remember.

He's 10 now and we still have creative curriclium, potcorn, and 100 per miles an hour! He won't have it that it's either miles per or miles an!

Clairaloulou · 05/03/2019 08:42

Oh and nins and peedles! That one has stuck

Seeline · 05/03/2019 08:42

We used to go to Tumbletots with my DD - she always called it 'gymlastics' which I thought rather apt.
Scabetti instead of spaghetti.

Clairaloulou · 05/03/2019 08:45

Oh and flamingo wings! Sounds so much better than bingo wings!

Kismetjayn · 05/03/2019 10:19

She is very articulate for her age but we still have asky-dent. And Brexit for breakfast Grin

mentallyfacked · 05/03/2019 16:10

Youngest ds
During pokemon go phase
"Yes!! I love incest!" (Incense)

Same son
Winmardium smelly mimosa
Harry Potter is always fun in our house.

I will be devastated when they stop

happytoseeyou · 05/03/2019 16:14

We have had today :

Clock-a-doo-the-doo - when making morning rooster sounds
and
Transport Carter - which seems an oddly old fashioned way of saying instead of Car Transporter.

ButterflyBitch · 05/03/2019 16:20

My dd has only recently stopped saying lemonaise for mayonnaise and still says oboe instead of elbow.
My ds had glue ear and quite bad speech for a long time and came out with the strangest things. Paggar for Grandpa and Bugger for Grandma. He also said fuck for Fox. He also mispronunced hospital as hopsital for the longest time.

snarfblatt · 05/03/2019 16:25

Ds has a 'bugger gun' for shooting bubbles Grin

callymarch · 05/03/2019 16:27

my dd used to point out the helicockters in the sky

Topseyt · 05/03/2019 16:34

Chocolate was cock-o-late to my DD1 when she was that age.

DD2 always called helicopters deedoxers, for some reason. That one has stuck. She is 20 now and we still tease her about it.

SmarmyMrMime · 05/03/2019 16:47

We were at the zoo and DS(2) gleefully pointed at the coloured birds and shouted "carrots!"

He liked to have chips for tea from the "ship shop" Not so long after there was a refurbishment and a picture of a fishing boat put up on the wall so it is now indeed a ship shop Grin

MsMightyTitanAndHerTroubadours · 05/03/2019 17:01

ds1 could not say banana, it always came out as Blarner

I tried to correct him,

Me:say buh
Him:..."buh, can I have the blarner"
Me:say nana
Him: "nana, can I have the blarner?
Me: say buh-nana
Him: buh nana buh-nana, buh nana
Me:would you like this banana
Him: yes please, give me the blarner.

He also invented LorryCarUP, for those giant car transporters.....going through the usual phase of lorries and buses and interesting vehicles and obviously a bit stuck for its actual name... " wow, mummy, look at that.....that....ummm...lorryCarUP!"

Ohjustboreoff · 05/03/2019 21:17

I did Au Pair in America many moons ago. I looked after a 3 year old boy who was obsessed with Fire Engines or Fire Trucks as they're called in the US. Every time he saw one he'd shout at the top of his lungs "Look at the Fire Fuck" Confused

AllTheUserNamesAreTaken · 05/03/2019 21:43

DS5 says cupumber and fraggles instead of freckles

BlueThesaurusRex · 05/03/2019 21:47

Popo cocks!

*coco pops