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 . We laughed (even though it was her birthday) but she didn't seem to mind.
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!
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
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.
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!
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!
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' ??
When one of my grandsons started talking he used to call me ‘gaggy’ (I am granny) Another one used to call the cat flap a ‘flap jack’ They’re both young men now and cringe when I remind them.
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.