words that grandchildren mispronounce

MissAdventure

Eldest GD, as a toddler, would get excited when she saw a full moon and shout to her daddy " bring skeletope ". Her dad is an astronomer and always had a telescope to hand.

I read in about a woman whose job was in reception, answering the phone and saying "Country Craftwork, may I help you", numerous times a day.

Needless to say, the inevitable happened.

One of the pubs round our way (a lot are Sherwood Forest themed as it's Nottingham) is the Friar Tuck. It's been called the Try a F*

Eeebroops - eyebrows, said by my friends little boy.

Perkin - gherkin.

My daughter told me she wanted dibbits, and got really cross when I didn't know what she meant.

Egg and soldiers, so you could dibbit in your egg.

When our grandson was 2 he called a double decker bus 'a diggle boogie bus' ?

Busgetti ?
Oh yes, a little boy we know used to say psgetti - in fact I'm sure he still does (and he's Dad himself now).

The current very sweet one is skelington.

Others were hosibal. Busgetti. And for a very brief period, nose instead of snow.

Witzend

I really liked the Fuchsia Fairy in my Flower Fairies book - and thought it was pronounced Fucksia- until I was hastily corrected!

Dd2 when very tiny often used to ask for an ‘odgy-one’ (orange)

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Fandindos for flamingos on her umbrella, my granddaughter at almost 2.
My grandson had his first taste of melonade on holiday.
My sister was born when I was 21 months old and I couldn’t say Elizabeth so she became “Little bits” for a number of years.

My DH when little thought there was an animal called an eliphano, he asked lots of questions and his mother's reply had been "Hell if I know".

A bit off topic. My DS was outside in the garden in the cold. I said he should put his coat on or he would get pneumonia.

He said, Why won't I get old monia'

gorange for orange, both the fruit and the colour, said first by one of DH's nieces. Ooshur instead of sugar, said by a cousin of my father's - the word was still in joking use between them when they were both in their seventies.

Flutterby - butterfly, not sure where it came from. Pussywuss, or wussycat - me as a three year old.

In the local pond ??=f***s

Heffalump!

I really liked the Fuchsia Fairy in my Flower Fairies book - and thought it was pronounced Fucksia- until I was hastily corrected!

Dd2 when very tiny often used to ask for an ‘odgy-one’ (orange)

Esspee

At the age of 3 our youngest grandson managed to read Kenfucky Fried Chicken on a billboard. ?

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Aminals for animals we still say it

Ducks were “cak caks

I was Raggy instead of Granny

Seen in the garage yesterday - the mawn lower next to the paddlington pool.

At the age of 3 our youngest grandson managed to read Kenfucky Fried Chicken on a billboard. ?

Just remembered the words to the song - lousy with virginity!
She couldn’t understand why her older sister was rolling on the floor laughing. ?

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' ??

My daughter made a best friend at school, called 'HappyGal'. (Abigail)

GD’s nursery teacher was Mrs. Meringue - Mrs Moran
DD1. Mamblay - Marmalade
DD2’s was a shocker when she asked the waiter for F..ks Bizz!
DD2, again singing a song from the film Grease - Look at me I’m Sandra Dee, lousy whisper ginitee. I can’t even remember the correct words now.
Another boozy one from DD2. We were having a gin and bitter lemon, when I asked for more bitter lemon, DD tan into the kitchen and returned with - a bit of lemon.