One of my favorite things about being a parent is listening to my children’s mispronunciations and grammatical gaffes. I mean, COME ON. It’s adorable. Especially when you’re engaged in a serious convo. Wita is the master of these flubs, and I will never EVER correct her. Here are some of my favorites.
“toncats” (contacts)
“brickles” (pickles)
“anyfang” (anything)
“photocoffee” (photocopy)
“It’s bendy!” (It’s windy!)
“scaremony” (ceremony)
“stachios” (pistachios)
“olmans” (almonds)
“fooder” (waiter/restaurant worker)
“My tummy is wiggling.” (I’m hungry.)
All past tense verbs are pronounced with emphasis on “ed.” For example. touch-ED, eat-ED, sing-ED, work-ED
“chilada cheeses & lemon caders” – (cheese enchiladas & margaritas…I have no idea, people. And yes, we consume a lot of those.)
“rapartment” (apartment)
“unraser” (eraser)
“rustructions” (instructions)
“waps” (wasps)
“piggy bank ride” (piggy back ride)
“mingos” (mangos)
“extrasize” (exercise)
“You are SO dang it!” (You are so mad!)
What are some of your little ones’ mispronunciations? They sure make me smile!
photo credit: Aurelia D’Amore
nicole
October 16, 2014 at 10:03 pmmy now 6 year old used to say “budda-you” for the letter W and “noke” for milk. I was SOOO sad when he started saying them correctly…
Estelle Hayes
October 20, 2014 at 12:39 pmThis is hands down my favorite part of parenting and my husband and I talk about it ALL the time. Emerson still says “wash club” for wash cloth and “fishing raw” for fishing rod and “adacad”o for avocado and “disposed to” for supposed to JUST TO PLEASE US. She’s six and knows better but she knows it really delights us. Oh man. So cute it kills me.
Jessica Tucker
October 27, 2014 at 12:45 pmMy 3 1/2 year old asks for “rice with grass” when requesting the cilantro rice at Chipotle.