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decoding baby speech

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Evita · 30/12/2003 15:12

popsycal and I had a fun chat on someone else's thread (sorry about that) about the strange words our kids say and how hard it is to decipher them and I wondered if anyone else wanted to join in. My daughter's word for the day has been:

tudah (sort of pronounced cheewdaahh)

we truly have no inkling what it means.

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popsycal · 30/12/2003 15:14

hi evita - glad that youstarted this thread......fimbles are now fmmmmmmbaaaas
not bad huh!

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Evita · 30/12/2003 15:17

pretty damned good. I imagine most people 'outside the immediate family' could understand that. My daughter's understandable with her little 'cookah' for cooker. But what do you think tudah means?! She almost sings it sometimes.

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popsycal · 30/12/2003 15:18

boohbah???
we have boobah sang to the theme tune music
does she watch it?

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Evita · 30/12/2003 15:23

Never seen boobah, but have been recommended it. It's on at a weird time for me. So not that. Maybe it means 'chew dad', he does look quite tasty sometimes ...

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WSM · 30/12/2003 16:17

'Beeeeby' is for Cbeebies

'Suuu' is shoe

'Fisssssss' is fish

'Pidoo' is Filous (as in Petit Filous)

ummmmm, loads more. Far too many to list

Hulababy · 30/12/2003 16:20

About 2 months ago DD's new word was "tubby tubby" WE had no idea for ages. My mum worked it out for us - she was singing Two little dickie birds" and used it for all birds she saw. She has learnt the proper word now so troubles over.

WSM · 30/12/2003 16:22

Awwwww. DD uses 'burdeeeeeeeeee'

popsycal · 30/12/2003 16:24

this is a funny age for them isnt it - desperately trying to communicate but there little speech system just can't quite make the right sounds yet
ds has loads of little signs to help him be clearer!!! tiktik is raisins cos they are sticky whilst doing a 'duck mouth' with his fingers (know what i mean) to show that they are sticky!!!

WSM · 30/12/2003 16:25

bless . I have to say that DD seems to have a fairly wide-ranging vocabulary, with most of her words for things closely matching the actual word.

Hulababy · 30/12/2003 16:27

WSM - that is pretty much the way DD says it too. Very sweet.

popsycal · 30/12/2003 16:27

well done baby-wsm!!!!
ds is getting better - lots of words but most are approximations!!!
we should call this the summer 2002 baby thread!!!

Hulababy · 30/12/2003 16:28

WSM - how old is your DD? Mine is 20 months and her range of vacab is truely amazing, and it is normally really easy to undersatnd. People out and about when shopping, etc. generally undersatnd her little sentences when they talk to her.

WSM · 30/12/2003 16:28

She likes to drag the last few letters out and say words in a sing-song sort of voice.

WSM · 30/12/2003 16:29

17 months (08.08.02). She still does a huge amount of babbling, but the intonation is there. For instance you can tell when she is asking a question etc. She does a few sentences, but they are mainly one or 2 word phrases at the mo.

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Evita · 30/12/2003 20:22

My daughter's a bit younger, 14 months, and the only really 'clear' word is 'cookah' for cooker which she learnt at my moms rather than mine as I'm so crap in the kitchen I never thought to point it out to her. I know a lot of what she means but sometimes she's adamantly saying something, like today's 'tudah' and I haven't a clue ...

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Paula71 · 30/12/2003 20:39

Ds1 twin said a new word today "Beagle", proving they do hear the programmes you think they are not bothering with! Right enough he pointed to a picture of a dog in his book as he said it but it wasn't of a beagle, that would have been too freaky!

Both ds twins have their own language so I could write a whole list of strange, incomprehensible words!

lyndsey66 · 30/12/2003 20:57

With my 16 month old ds everything is "no". Or on a good day "Bertie" - (From Thomas the TE)
Cant wait for him to widen his vocab as this is driving me mad!!

lyndsey66 · 30/12/2003 20:58

may I add he says "bertie" as "Bertieeeee . ."

Angeliz · 30/12/2003 21:12

My dd is a bit older, 2.10 and as a few have said about theirs, she has a wide vocabulary and talks NON SToP ALL DAY LONG! She is constantly asking "why?" now about everything!

My favourite mixed up words are:

Incustard = disgusting
Pinkles = tinsle
Artigator = aligator!

Furball · 30/12/2003 21:20

DS 28 months is comming along slowly with speech, but made us laugh when he said radinnnnator instead of radiator!

jessmack · 30/12/2003 22:26

These are funny and bring back memories. Dd is 30 months and her funny mispronunciations are fast disappearing The only one I can think of now is
double-mation for dalmation, this used to be an even cuter "puppy-mission"!

norma · 30/12/2003 22:31

Hi all,
Who can guess "dubba dubba" as my 20mth old grabs at my ample tummy?

it's 'tickle tickle' and he finds it hilarious.

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Evita · 31/12/2003 15:41

How do they get from dubba to tickle!? Some of the words are so strange.

I've also noticed my daughter uses the same word for loads of things. Her word for dog 'deutzs' is also used for birds, cats, mice etc. And her word for ball 'bap' is used for bib, food and when she's doing a poo!

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popsycal · 31/12/2003 17:33

oh yes evita - we have that too!"
at the moment, and it is changing daily, mama means mammy, more and daddy (much to daddy's disgust) - ds can say daddy but does it to be cheeky!!!)

SenoraPostrophe · 31/12/2003 17:42

Aaah - these are great.

Dd called dp mama the other day, so I said, "no, daddy" (ponting at him) "mummy" (pointing at me). Then she pointed at herself and said something very closely approximating her own name. She's cleverer than we thought!