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MawBroon Sat 23-Feb-19 11:16:06

Do you ever get caught out using “baby talk ”?
This is one of DGS Flynn’s favourites especially on his Babyccino.
Earned me a raised eyebrow however this morning at the coffee stall at Bedford station until I explained!

Carolina55 Mon 25-Feb-19 18:37:30

My daughter used to say fwffy day for windy day and my granddaughter said sweppy for sweaty so DH and I still use those words with a smile!

M0nica Mon 25-Feb-19 20:54:40

We still eat 'scetti' bolognaise.

lemongrove Mon 25-Feb-19 22:18:28

MacCavity2 terry for telly.....that explains a lot!
Londoners always used to call anyone called Terry, ‘Tel’.

Maw did you really ask for spinkles??

GrandmainOz Wed 13-Mar-19 22:36:36

My son used to love Lion King. One character is a warthog. Son couldn't grasp this and called it a "huntpig".
I thought this was actually very clever!

BBbevan Thu 14-Mar-19 02:20:27

Flingoes ( those pink birds)
Lickwickspindle ( milkshake powder )
Makinus ( Maximus)

absent Thu 14-Mar-19 03:43:31

I still sometimes talk about hopgrassers after an over-excited three-year-old was playing animal dominoes.

Coolgran65 Thu 14-Mar-19 04:36:13

We still call a ladder...the steppy up thing.

NanaWilson Thu 14-Mar-19 04:45:30

Cute number-cucumber
Blanklet- blanket

mcem Thu 14-Mar-19 07:17:58

Written, not spoken but stuck with us.
Very young DS wrote a story in which she went off to bed with her hootenwotterdottle!

Nanabanana1 Thu 14-Mar-19 07:45:17

Darbers- spiders
Barbertube - Baberque

Both of which are still used in the family even though grandchildren are in their teens

gillybob Thu 14-Mar-19 07:59:03

When my middle DGD was small she used to eat great big chunks of peeled cucumber as a treat.

Her way of asking for it was always “Mar-mar, me like coo-cumber yeah yeah yeah yeah” said in a kind of gruff “Muttley the dog voice” . We all still say it exactly like that.

Bathsheba Thu 14-Mar-19 08:26:52

From my GD:
Daddle hick (travel sick)
I wuf oo (I love you)
Dirt (dessert)

My DD used to say:
Pitters and gitters (slippers and knickers)
Owbri (eyebrow)
Bald (boiled) egg
Punched up (poached) egg

One memorable thing she said one day was "I've got all fuwup (full up) stones in my pocket". To this day we still use that particular sentence construction grin

Sarahmob Thu 14-Mar-19 08:38:48

Chimley for chimney
And par cark for car park are ones that I still use from when my DD was little.

henetha Thu 14-Mar-19 11:29:21

"I got my murds wuddled"... (I got my words muddled)
is still used regularly after my son said it when he was little.
And pins-and-needles are always "fizzy legs" (or arms or whatever)

Miep1 Thu 14-Mar-19 11:35:49

Porshuninging for Yorkshire pudding

Lisalou Sun 17-Mar-19 07:54:22

Some of those are fabulous - particularly taken with the bottamus, might adopt that one (goes well with our heffalump, which we use to this day, all being Winnie the Pooh fans)
We have a few, the grandson of a friend used to ask for scrumply ax - (scrambled eggs)
My youngest used to say gagastic (disgusting)
and my son, a great lover of speed for the sake of speed as a child, used to love it if his father would speed up in the car or on the motorbike - "Give it some willy, daddy" (welly?) would make us all laugh

travelsafar Sun 17-Mar-19 08:50:38

'Chocs-a Boxlets!!! my mum use to take great delight in reminding me of when i said this to her as a small child whilst presenting her one Mother's Day morning with her favourite black magic chocolates. In my excitement to give them i got all my words muddled up!!!!smile