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Original poster

to not correct....

28 replies

posieparker · 30/04/2010 18:22

my dd who sings
Mary Mary quite contrary....

Silver bells and cock on shells and
pretty may whores in a row....

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GabrieleJ · 30/04/2010 18:29

Depends how old he is
That's funny

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posieparker · 30/04/2010 18:46

She's 3.5 and has a little lisp...obviously not encouraged by it makes me laugh!

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OTTMummA · 30/04/2010 19:04

lol, ahh, no don't correct her, but do record it, like i did with my DS, he loves countdown, he loves the countdown cock even more lol.

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posieparker · 30/04/2010 19:07

When she was just starting to talk her 'tr's were 'f's we used to make her say look at the big trucker!!

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GabrieleJ · 30/04/2010 19:12

posieparker that is sooo evil and sooo good the the same time

Definitely record it and play it on her 18th birthday or wedding

mumbar · 30/04/2010 19:14

wait til she starts shouting ' I cunt ddddoooo this!!!!'

Tuesday13 · 30/04/2010 19:19

I think its mean . Have some respect for your child!

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posieparker · 30/04/2010 19:24

respect? she doesn't know.

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mumbar · 30/04/2010 19:39

exactly and eventually she'll realise it's wrong and sing it correctly without eva knowing her version was better!!!

Tuesday13 · 30/04/2010 19:39

Sorry but i just think it sounds bad. If you dont correct her how will she ever get it right?

If she said it once then you corrected and then told people what she said fine but to let her carry on just because you find it funny is wrong IMO.

Kids do say and do funny things and sure laught but is it not disrepectful to make fun of them?

I'm a new mum so i might be wrong and this is normal but i would correct my child.

mumbar · 30/04/2010 19:45

You are not wrong by anymeans. Just as your child(ren) get older you'll realise when you correct them they often carry on saying pronouncing things wrong until they can get it right either because speech improves or they remember to say/sing it correctly and not what they learnt or thought it was!!!

I get frustated telling my son its because not acause and end not rend but he just keeps pronoucing them wrong amonst other things (he's 5!!!). All that happens is I get frustrated as he doesn't realise or care!!! You learn to pick your battles!!!

Booboobedoo · 30/04/2010 19:46

But it's so cute when kids do this.

I do correct DS, but only after a week or so. (once the novelty has worn off).

DS has loads of cute mispronunciations, but our current concern is his new habit of introducing himself to people by saying:

"Hello, my name is DS and I have a weally fat willy".

I have no idea where that came from.

herbietea · 30/04/2010 19:49

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GlastonburyGoddess · 30/04/2010 19:55

lol

ds1(4) is hooked on apricocks at the moment

Tuesday13 · 30/04/2010 19:57

Lol thats so funny

At least it's not called keith!

I know someone who's ds middle name is Danger, really on the birth cert. I think there is a fine line between making fun of children and laughing at what they say and do.

MudandRoses · 30/04/2010 20:03

glastonbury maybe he's an old soul - they did used to be called abricocks, then apricocks, and finally that changed to apricots.

DS (4) says things like "Injure turtles" instead of Ninja Turtles and thinks that Star Wars heroes fight with 'light-savers' - and I don't correct him because I have found in the past he self-corrects on his own after a while,and it's no big deal. If I draw attention to it, he's more likely to be embarrassed as he's generally quite articulate.

mummychicken · 30/04/2010 20:10

DS can't say dinosaur

He misses the first syllable completely and the last bit comes out as "arsehole"

He likes to shout "runaway the arseholes are coming"

Stinkermink · 30/04/2010 20:13

Well you know that song about sheep with the "little boy who lives down the drain", that's my favourite version or more recently " we must not get our "peanuts" out in class because the teacher doesn't like it" Lovely!

SoupDragon · 30/04/2010 20:15

I reel this one out whenever these threads crop up ... DS2 couldn't say the rrr sound, substituting wuh, and aged about 4 he proudly came up to me and announced "Wuh is for wino!"

Stinkermink · 30/04/2010 20:23

LOL my children cannot say my friends name and it comes out as Wino! So apt!

mumbar · 30/04/2010 20:32

my ds had the usual lellies, lello and of course his lilly!!!!

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posieparker · 30/04/2010 20:43

Ds2 used to say his 'r's as 'w's which was lots of fun when playing eye spy! For ages we'd say Window? wall? water? no he'd say on top of the house....woof!

Tuesday13....you're forgiven, we're all allowed to be a little with our expectations of ourselves and dcs when we're all new, mine children were never watching telly!!!

Glastonbury do you live in Glastonbury? I'm from Street!!

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Southwestwhippet · 30/04/2010 20:49

Woo, i am from just outside Langport - and my brother also did the I-Spy Woof thing.

thebellsofsaintclements · 30/04/2010 20:51

Lol at all of these. My dd calls her toy crab "crackhead" - no idea why!!

SoupDragon · 30/04/2010 20:51

Oh yes - when DS2 said "I spy with my little eye something begging with Wuh" we had to ask if it was W as in road or W as in window.