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Anna used to ask for the merote when attempting to change the tv channel. I still miss those days!
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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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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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Ralphie. From now on, I will call you Auntie Dodo, if it will make you feel better. I know it will work for me!!
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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.)
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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....
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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."
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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.
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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.
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My youngest had the same "f" and "tr" problem. We very quickly taught her that Daddy drove a "pick up" and not a "truck".
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Don't worry, if your kids are anything like me, they'll start using the cute pronounciations again when they go to college. Satyagraha
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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.
He still calls chocolate "chokky".
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