Kids and Mispronunciations

[sharlan]

I had a girl who pronounced banana as ba dob by. It ticked her father off to no end and he constantly corrected her.

[Poptarts22]

When my daughter was little she called seagulls seagiggles and Shamu was shampoo.

[daycare]

i have one that tries to say chalk and it comes out c@ck. it took me weeks to figure out what she was saying, I was afraid to ask the parents.....

[Febby]

Had a kid a while back who kept calling the waffles "legos." Took me forever to figure out that he meant "Eggo."

Not a pronunciation issue, but I find it funny when my kids forget what they're eating. "Ms. Febby, can I have more of um, um, what is this?"

[e.j.]

I almost forgot .... One of my 3 year olds pronounces caterpillar as "patakiller"

Also, in late summer, we hear cicadas buzzing loudly around the yard. When my 1 year old dcb hears them, he gets excited and yells what sounds like, "Jesus!" The first time he did it, it took me a few minutes to realize he was saying, "Cicadas!" When his dad came in to pick him up that afternoon, I warned him about it and said, "When he says it at home tonight, I just don't want you to think, 'e.j. must have had a bad day today and was teaching the kids bad words!" We laughed about it but sure enough, when he go home that night, dcb repeated it and his mother's reaction was, "Did he just say Jesus?!!" I was so glad I had given his dad the heads-up that afternoon!

[e.j.]

When my daughter was little she called seagulls seagiggles and Shamu was shampoo.

I will never be able to see another seagull without thinking of it as a "seagiggle" now! So cute!

i have one that tries to say chalk and it comes out c@ck. it took me weeks to figure out what she was saying, I was afraid to ask the parents.....

That's funny! Must have been a relief when you figured it out!::

[Unregistered]

Had a 2 yr old who would mutter "bummy" when he got frustrated with anyone. Took me a while to figure out he was saying "dummy".

[ColorfulSunburst]

me: it is a monkey. Say it. Monkey.
2.5yo: dada.
Me: m-m-m-m-m
he: m-m-m-m
Me: m-m-m-monkey
He: dada

[MunchkinWrangler]

My DS called a child who's name is Megan 'Nee' for the longest time!

My cousin's child calls another cousin 'ya-ya'...her name is Morgan.

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[Pestle]

I have one who's barely talking and all of his words come out "Guck." Especially since he's really into trucks.

Yesterday, when we were outside, he started yelling "Guck! Guck!" and then began crying. I was like, "Dude, your truck is in your hands."

Then I realized he'd gotten his thigh wedged in his lawn chair and was yelling "Stuck! Stuck!"

[e.j.]

And one more.... one 3.5 year old dcg calls sunscreen "hun screen". I've explained that it's pronounced sunscreen and that it's called that because it protects us from being burned by the sun but she insists it's "hun screen".

[Mad_Pistachio]

my daughter called sunscreen "sun-s-cream" last Summer. it was a huge shock when we used spray instead of cream.

a boy I babysat called refrigerator "fridge-fridger."

[sahm1225]

My dd used to call Sunglasses 'summer glasses'. I thought it was so cute! 8 have a little one 2 yrs old that can't say S, it comes out sounding like a K. She calls herself 'kidney' instead of Sidney!

[BumbleBee]

Chippy Mouse for Chipmunk

Tiny Coconut for a Walnut

[Pandaluver21]

Oh golly, I have to pick one? I don't think that's possible :P

My name is one of the best.
Name: Ms Irene
Child's variations: Reem, Rireem, Bibean, and Reenttttttttt (he had a backwards stutter :P)

One little boy (2yrs)said the "F" word often, and we just couldn't figure out what he was actually trying to say, later to find out it was frog :P

Bapreez -Batteries (we still call them that and the kid hasn't been with us in 3+ years!)
Pooker- Cooper (another child)
Grbean- Green
Poke-a-honk-us- Pocahontas - Ok, I think that one is my favorite