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Does anyone else's child have words they find utterly hilarious? Ordinary words, not "rude" ones

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hunkermunker · 08/08/2007 22:56

When DS1 was eight months old, he heard the word "genuinely" for the first time.

He did a double-take and laughed so much I thought he'd be sick - you know that mad, chuckly baby laughing where they forget to breathe and go all shiny? He was still laughing in his sleep later that day (we said it a couple more times to check it really was the word...!). He still finds it funny now at 3.4.

And more recently, he's been finding his own word combinations that make him laugh massively - he had been laughing a lot at "flapjack", but then he coupled it with "jamjar" to make a tongue-twister and that's just the funniest thing ever. Well, unless you say "genuinely flapjack jamjar", obviously...!

Anyone else have a child who likes the sound of words this much? He's also fascinated by the sight of letters, words, me writing them, putting his hands on the TV when credits roll, reading letters off street signs, shop logos, etc, etc.

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meandmyflyingmachine · 09/08/2007 19:12

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Hansmummy · 09/08/2007 19:37

Mine (3 1/2) is in hysterics for HOURS at "Oompah loompah super furry onion"-it used to be jumper but now she adds any old word!
Also finds "Mutti" rather giggly too!

maviscrewit · 09/08/2007 22:43

My dd1 (2.5) laughs insanely when she calls her sister either Eggy or Giggle. Her other favourite is shouting Bananaheads at the top of her voice which she picked up from her 4 year old boyfriend. When they are together they roll about on the floor shouting bananaheads at each other - most odd!!

Gee72 · 10/08/2007 11:06

DS seems to go into a trance if we say 'Papaya' over and over very softly. Or maybe he's just glazing over with boredom at how stupid we are.

'Moist' was always the one when me and my brother were little. Hours of fun!

Cbeebieslover · 17/01/2020 19:57

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