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words that grandchildren mispronounce

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HowVeryDareYou Mon 03-Oct-22 21:51:08

Isn't it endearing when grandchildren get words mixed up or mispronounce things? Our granddaughter (8, the other day) is bright, funny, clever, etc., but can't say "Chimpanzee". She calls it Chinzambee grin. We laughed (even though it was her birthday) but she didn't seem to mind.

Mallin Thu 06-Oct-22 21:35:00

Hop Copter from a 3yr old. ( now 61 )
For helicopter.

Jennyluck Thu 06-Oct-22 20:59:16

Dressing down (dressing gown)
Sandwinge (sandwich)
Gingerbread cat ?
Tingle bells (jingle bells)

lixy Thu 06-Oct-22 20:49:07

DD came up with 'raditaters' when we needed to put the heating on. 'Heliclockters' frequently flew over our house.

DS became a dab hand at unskinning (peeling) the carrots.

GS's favourite mid-morning snack is a glass of milk with a piece of 'fat jack' (flapjack).

All these are in use in the family and we are looking d=forward to adding to our personal dictionaries!

Edith81 Thu 06-Oct-22 20:42:10

Spotty McDougall dog( my daughter at 5 years old) describing a Dalmatian dog because it was an advert with a Dalmatian for McDougal flour.

Maggieanne Thu 06-Oct-22 20:23:25

When my son, age 4, came home from his first day at school, I asked if he had made any friends, yes he said, what was his name I said, after a pause "it was a bit like rabbit and sprout!", we worked it out, Robert!

Blinko Thu 06-Oct-22 20:14:00

DS1 came up with ‘knock knock egg’ for boiled egg, ‘splattered egg’ for fried egg and ‘oggat’ for yogurt. Aged about two.

starshine Thu 06-Oct-22 19:48:19

Oh my goodness! This thread is EXACTLY what I need tonight - thank you all for the giggles!

ElaineRI55 Thu 06-Oct-22 19:29:06

My son at around 2yo couldn't say "biscuits" , so decided they were "boddits". We still ask if anyone would like a boddit.

saltnshake Thu 06-Oct-22 19:17:15

After parking in the par cark we went shopping in Happytat. We still have cuggles, a mix up of hugs and cuddles.

Shizam Thu 06-Oct-22 19:16:18

I still say cloclit even though no one in house has called chocolate that for many years ?

HiPpyChick57 Thu 06-Oct-22 19:06:55

Dd used to say pomato basanjes instead of tomato sandwiches.
Apparently my df used to say toot toot instead of beetroot when he was little.
My dn used to love picking the fowlies

GreyKnitter Thu 06-Oct-22 18:29:13

My granddaughter loved Christmas and all the titty lights!

Bijou Thu 06-Oct-22 17:55:07

When my son was three (73 years ago! ) on drinking a cup of tea he said “this tea is stagerous”. It was too strong.
My daughter at aged two said maw maw for orange.

Oldnproud Thu 06-Oct-22 17:43:22

My youngest dgd, who has just started school, calls PE pea / pee / 'P'.

When I picked her up from school and she tried to tell me that her class had had pea where they had dinner (the school hall), or words to that effect, I really had no idea what she meant. It was literally hours before the penny finally dropped!

I smile now when I think of PE.

Soroptimum Thu 06-Oct-22 17:38:53

Loads!
Combinder Fasteder (Combine Harvester)
Car stramporter (transporter)
Go gee go (motorbike) ?
Destructions (Instructions - which we still use)
Joffis (Joseph)
Shotting list (shopping)
But best of all was when reciting ‘Old King Cole’. Apparently, he’s a Merry #rsehole!

Soroptimum Thu 06-Oct-22 17:32:55

Elless

When one of my son's was three he knocked his front teeth out and at his nursery the head teacher was called Mr Tucker, you can imagine what my son used to call him ? He also had a foldaway construction site toy which he used to call his 'confruction shite' ??

???

Pambles01 Thu 06-Oct-22 17:26:19

My youngest daughter always insisted on calling a umbrella an Ella umbra

SueB20 Thu 06-Oct-22 17:08:07

My grandaughter loved an upatee, for cup of tea - she still does and she's 18 now

Squiffy Thu 06-Oct-22 16:57:53

A friend's son called the loft conversion a loft confusion!

LizzieDrip Thu 06-Oct-22 16:51:40

When one of my grandsons started talking he used to call me ‘gaggy’ (I am granny)smile Another one used to call the cat flap a ‘flap jack’smile They’re both young men now and cringe when I remind them.

Grannysara Thu 06-Oct-22 16:46:29

Milkowave for microwave!

madeleine45 Thu 06-Oct-22 16:15:34

ambulance was , like fire engines "nee-naws" from the sound

Coco51 Thu 06-Oct-22 16:04:08

Ahh yes. Miss Polly sent for a doctor with a ’dick, dick, dick’!

Edge26 Thu 06-Oct-22 15:56:49

Last week I found some conkers. For some reason my 5 Yr old GS kept calling them mushrooms!!smile

Saggi Thu 06-Oct-22 15:48:09

When she was 2 our granddaughter was struggling with words, and my daughter took a vid of her trying to pronounce names of animals on picture flash- cards …. Her interpretation of ‘Flamingo’ came out as ‘ fiffymeemo’ it’s all there on video……to embarrass her in the future . It’s so gorgeously cute.