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words that grandchildren mispronounce

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Witzend Mon 03-Oct-22 22:42:43

Pennywig. (Penguin)
Squillow (squirrel)

My favourite mish-mash, though, was when a very tiny dd said, ‘Nekth week, nekth time ago….’

She meant yesterday - or tomorrow - so long ago now I can’t remember.

Yammy Mon 03-Oct-22 22:38:12

paterkillers and dancadills also lasterplasters.

Lucca Mon 03-Oct-22 22:34:31

Dicker decker bus

ixion Mon 03-Oct-22 22:13:14

Andulblance here.

And, for pylons, blom bloms

Callistemon21 Mon 03-Oct-22 22:08:35

We had a peggawing ?
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Urmstongran Mon 03-Oct-22 22:03:28

One of our daughters when young was bought a plush toy. It was so cute. A hippopotamus. She couldn’t say it.
‘Hit a pom a tus’ was her best effort for a long time. That was 40 years ago and it still makes me smile when I think back.

Wyllow3 Mon 03-Oct-22 22:00:06

I shall be devastated when I stop being gan-ma and he can say his "r's". sunshine

Retread Mon 03-Oct-22 21:53:00

smile

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.