*sigh* Operaetta is 6, and has always called vanilla "ballilla."
Today she came home from school, where they'd made pudding in the classroom. She said, "I made chocolate, but everyone else made ba...vall...vanilla."
I hope we can hang on to "pupcakes" for "cupcakes." Boy Opera started the trend several years ago, and now even I say it too.
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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
I hope she didn't change because she used "ballila" at school at the other kids made fun of her -- so she learned to say it the other way.
FG
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
Anna used to ask for the merote when attempting to change the tv channel. I still miss those days!
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
I don't think that was the case, Farmgirl. Operaetta is very dramatic, and believe me, if someone had made fun of her at school I would have received a 40 minute rundown of the incident.
When my nephew was 3, a family member taught him to say "horsey" instead of "warsey." My sister was so upset. Funny how we hang on to things like that.
And you know what? I'm making PUPCAKES this weekend.
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Posted by Homestarrunner (Member # 5090) on :
Our daughter is just getting past calling roman numerals "numer romanals."
She still calls animals "aminals." I have to admit, that one's catchy.
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Oh, I just remembered another good one!
Operaetta has been learning songs at school. The newest one is apparantly, "There's a great man in America....His name is Arthur Luther King."
When I asked if she meant Martin Luther King, she said, "Yeah. Arthur Luther!"
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Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
My kids called 'em pupcakes too! So cute. Posted by Uhleeuh (Member # 6803) on :
One of my nieces used to say "mobie" for movie, "whateber" for whatever, Uncle Mumen for Uncle Ruben and her little sister says "Apple" for Michael and "Gamma" for grandma. Nothing overly cute by themselves but when said by my nieces, very adorable.
I was just talking to my brother earlier today about how the time of mispronounced words has been my favorite in watching my nieces grow up. Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Both my kids said f's for th and l for r. So, there were Flee Stooges.
I was very sad when they got it right.
Posted by margarita (Member # 6856) on :
One of my brothers said "ah-toe" instead of yes for a very long time. We don't think he was confusing it with "okay" because he said "okay" separately.
All my word mixups were in Spanish, because I didn't learn English until much later. I said 'patos' instead of 'zapatos' (ducks instead of shoes).
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
I know. My daughter used to call bandaids "bandowies". Last night she wanted one, and she called it by its correct name.
She still calls yellow "lellow", which I love.
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
When my oldest daughter was being toilet trained, she would tell me that she needed to go "poppy" which I thought was adorable. A woman that I was required to spend a lot of time with (it's kind of a long involved story, which I'll spare you) would get so angry with her and scream "POTTY not POPPY!!!" This despite the fact that her daughter said tee-tee instead of pee-pee...
Seriously, that woman needed to get a life, but that's another story.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I'm honestly scared of what I will say when I have kids to someone who yells at them for a stupid reason. I have limited self control when it comes to defending my family. It's got to be worse with my own kids.
Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :
My 2 year old calls popsicles "dut-dohs".
I called ketchup "totchey".
And everyone calls Grandma "Ammy."
And I am going to feast on dut-dohs and pupcakes with ballilla frosting all weekend.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
My li'l sister couldn't pronounce three, she pronounced it pee. My brother and his friends would tease her until she refused to say how old she was anymore.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
I miss my nephew calling me Auntie Dodo. ("Toni" became "Toto" and "Toto" became "Dodo".)
My parents wept when my speech impediment was finally conquered. No longer would anyone in my family be called "Vewy vewy WUDE."
Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :
Ok, one more:
I asked Kerrigan if I could call her Kerrigan (we call her Munch and Munchie as nicknames more frequently). She said, "No, me!".
I was confused and asked if her name was me, and she said, "Yeah!". "ME!".
So for about a week I had to call her "Me" and kept asking if I could call her Kerrigan, and eventually she said yes, I could.
Whew!
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Ralphie. From now on, I will call you Auntie Dodo, if it will make you feel better. I know it will work for me!!
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Like I told D'mitri - You're at least eight years old now, sweetie. It's time to move on.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Ralphie...were you on "Full House"?
And, maui, I've always heard tee-tee as one way kids say pee. I hate the phrase, but people use it.
Not that it was okay for her to freak out or anything.
[ January 14, 2005, 06:11 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
My point wasn't that tee-tee is WRONG, but it's just as different as "poppy", and so it really made her objection even more glaring. (Not that it's ever appropriate to freak out when a two year old mispronouces a word. But again, this lady had issues.)
Posted by Desdemona (Member # 7100) on :
I said (and still say) spaghetti as sguh-betti. I can't seem to get my mouth around it. Maybe I shouldn't take Italian class....
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
When I was in grade two, my teacher used to regale us with tales of her grand-daughter and "hi-hons." Apparently the poor girl had a fixation with fire hydrants.
My sister used to call mustard "musmurd."
Posted by Ophelia (Member # 653) on :
My mom used to call me her babydoll, so when people asked me my name, I would say Babydoll. Eventually my mom got me to switch over to Inzydoll, then eventually just Inzy (I couldn't pronounce the "L" at the beginning of my name.).
One of my friends said "socky-sue-yas" for "socks and shoes."
Not a mispronunciation, but when I worked in childcare, a three-year-old there called me "sister." But she called her older brother "my boy." She was absolutely adorable.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I used to say "gomitar" instead of vomitar and "busanos" instead of gusanos. Posted by Homestarrunner (Member # 5090) on :
My daughter is fairly sensitive. My wife was talking to me once while the kids were in the bath, and said "meanwhile" at some point.
My daughter immediately stopped her and said, "Don't say mean, Mommy! I don't like mean! Say 'nicewhile!"
Posted by keedokes (Member # 6301) on :
When I was little I couldn't pronounce "tr" and used "f" instead. Lo and behold, one day at the grocery store a bread delivery truck pulled in front of the front window while we were checking out. And of course I had to point it out very loudly to my mommy.
"Look, mommy! Truck, TRUCK!"
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
My youngest had the same "f" and "tr" problem. We very quickly taught her that Daddy drove a "pick up" and not a "truck".
Posted by J T Stryker (Member # 6300) on :
quote: She still calls animals "aminals"
I'm 17 and i still catch my self saying animals.
Edit: my spell check fixed it. grr...
[ January 14, 2005, 07:59 PM: Message edited by: J T Stryker ]
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
I still say waterlemon - it was my little brother's mispronunciation, and our family appropriated it.
He, at 16, denies all knowledge of this. Posted by Insanity Plea (Member # 2053) on :
Don't worry, if your kids are anything like me, they'll start using the cute pronounciations again when they go to college. Satyagraha
Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :
These are just adorable!!!
When Matthew was little, he called bulldozers "boo-doo-doos". I still miss that.
Andrew's first food word was apple, but he called them "appum". A few weeks later he spontaneously started saying apple, but the rest of us said 'appum" for months.
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