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Amusing mispronunciations...

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Picante · 25/09/2009 11:02

Oh I know it's been done before but I wanted to share these ones from ds (3)...

I like boobies (blueberries).

Can we go and collect some fellas? (feathers).

Please share your own .

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Narketta · 25/09/2009 21:15

DS 3.5yrs used to call magazines - Maggiebeans.

Apparently our house is mavisse not massive. I wish.

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mamakoukla · 25/09/2009 21:18

Cak for cat; apparently it's a big one as well!

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hormonesnomore · 25/09/2009 21:35

I love this

Angelene - my DD used to say pisgetti too.

And ambliance & hostible

My gran used to say

stenello heels - (stiletto)
balinka - (bikini)
Domestos corned beef (Fray Bentos)

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Scottie22 · 25/09/2009 21:50

...I don't ask my 2 yo dd to say 'Clock' in public as she misses out a vital letter!!!

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MarmMummy · 25/09/2009 21:54

My 3 yo has started to eat rice crispies and calls them 'crap, snapple and pop'!!

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GiraffesAndDucksSayQuack · 25/09/2009 21:56

Bum-witch for Thomas

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5inthebed · 25/09/2009 21:57

DS1, for years, called crabs "craps".

And ds2 insists a crocodile is called a crocodaniel.

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fatzak · 25/09/2009 22:12

DS is 4 and is still asking for a bouncy-leen for the garden

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aristocat · 25/09/2009 22:18

wood pigeons for 'wood chippings'

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fruitshootsandheaves · 25/09/2009 22:20

Marks and Spensive

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Picante · 26/09/2009 11:21

Now Marks and Spensive is pretty spot on!

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Trikken · 26/09/2009 11:51

my gran calls dvd's 'VD's' bless her.

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NannyBeth · 26/09/2009 14:18

my middle charge (3) is constantly asking for certain "diveos" :D

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noddyholder · 26/09/2009 14:22

My ds was always talking about serandello(cinderella)and came home from school one day asking for a thoopamama and was crying when we didn't know what he wanted teacher later told us he had been dressing up in a suit of armour!he is 15 now and still makes little sense

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LissyGlitter · 26/09/2009 14:38

A yellow lollipop is a lello wollipop. We can sit with her for ages, and all we get is " l l l l wollipop".

Gumbo is "come home"

I will try and think of more...

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ddilemma · 29/09/2009 23:30

Fatzak love the bouncyleen so descriptive
DS 3.5 did Farmer Christmas last year, this year we are waiting for 'Palloween' (no mummy it's not Halloween it's Palloween) ??! also looked at my elbow, asked what it was called and when I asked him again a couple of days later, informed me that it was 'knickers'.

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hophophippidtyhop · 30/09/2009 06:59

Both my dd and my nephew now ask to watch diddlepiss - gigglebiz!

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TheLadyEvenstar · 30/09/2009 07:12

DS1 used to say
Father Christmas - Father Pissmass...never failed to make us giggle
Milk was Malk
Liam was Miam
Animal - Aminal

DS2 says Deptoe for Steptoe and son
Root - foot
Ni Ni - Nicola

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IvaNighSpare · 30/09/2009 08:01

Had a lovely moment at the school gates when DS, then 3, announced:
"Look, mummy, I can throw sticks"

Except he had a habit of pronouncing "st" as "d" and confusing "throw" with "blow"....

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PigeonPair · 30/09/2009 13:33

I was driving DS (four and half) to school the other day when this guy pulled out in front of me. I said "you arsehole" and DS pipes up "why did you say that mummy" Bugger, I thought, have been caught out. I said, "I didn't say anything darling" and he replies "yes you did, you called that man an Arsenal!!! Phew - got away with it that time!

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Iklboo · 30/09/2009 13:37

Ds (3.10) announced he does not like the look of ratatooty (ratatouile)

He used to say blackcurrant without the use of 'black', either of the r's or the a

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flimflammum · 30/09/2009 13:39

DS pointed to a picture of a large orange ape and said, 'Look, there's a meringue utan'.

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Southwestwhippet · 30/09/2009 13:40

A few from when my brothers and sisters were small

Wheeeeeeeeel - in tones of great excitment - snail

Gunti - hamster (never figured this one out)

and my bro when we lived in France begged to go 'au bord de la merde' every weekend which always made my mother laugh. Especially as we had previously lived near Minehead.

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GhostMoon · 30/09/2009 13:55

DS runs around demanding "BEER BEER"!

What he's after is Ribena.

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BornToFolk · 30/09/2009 13:59

boobellies - blueberries
wobbellies - wallabies

Iggle Piggle is Inner Piggle.

Snails were snagels were quite some time but sadly no more.

And the best one:

Labellybirds for ladybirds.

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