Little Ones and the Funny Things They Say

[meldan98]

My 2 year old dd, Maddie, has a few little quirks in what she calls some things and it is quite funny (sometimes). When my mom or a friend watches her, I sometimes feel we need to leave a list of english translations so that neither my dd or the one watching her get frustrated or embarassed. Here are a few of the translations I should include.


Minnie - This could mean Minnie, Mickey or Maddie
Adeedo - Means Tinkerbell - I have no idea where she came up with that one. When anyone tries to correct her, she definatly says, "No Adeedo!"
Excuse You - Means excuse me. When we try to get her to say "excuse me" she smiles and says "excuse you". I don't think I've ever heard her say "excuse me". It is rather embarassing when we are in a crowd and she starts screaming "excuse you".

Do any of your kids have quirky things they say?

[buzznwoodysmom]

Oh my kids had tons.

My oldest had trouble with "L's", so he would say baddoon (balloon), Connin (Collin-his name), dight (light), and he called his little brother Andon (Landon), those are the ones I can remember off the top of my head. One day he asked me for "some bagles", or at least that's what it sounded like to me. We never eat bagles so I asked my mom, who babysat him at the time, if she ever fed him bagles. She said no. So for a long, long time; probably months the poor kid would ask for "some bagles, please mommy". One day we were in a store and he got really excited, pointed to SpagettiO's and said "that mommy, some bagles". I said "oh you want spagettio's", and he'd say "yes, some bagles". I thought it was hilarious!

My younger son would always say "I wanna hold you", meaning he wanted us to hold him. And instead of saying "give me 5", he'd say "give me a 5". He also had trouble with "th" so he called his thumb a flumb, and thunder was flunder. He also called Chip and Dale, Chip and Dip for a very long time. And he'd tell me one day he was going to marry me and I was going to be his "life" instead of wife.

And while this isn't exactly the same thing, my youngest, now 9 said something to me the other day that just melted my heart. Out of the blue he said "Momma, I love you". I said "I love you too sweet pea". He said "I'm going to live longer than you, aren't I?". I said "Well I hope so, children are supposed to live longer than their parents". He said "I hope we live till the same time". Oh that just broke my heart and made it melt all at the same time. There is so much love in that little guys heart!

Great topic!

[Janmac]

When my grandniece was about 2 she said Berlissa for my cousin Melissa. When I once said Berlissa to my niece, she quickly corrected me: No! BER-lissa!!

She could not hear that she was not saying Melissa.

She would also say Bernita instead of Renita for a cousin of hers.

She's six and a half now and misprounounces fewer words, but it's hilarious the substitutions she puts into songs that she sings. And defnitely, we can not correct her. She knows she's singing the right words. I wish I could think of an example. One of her favorite songs is the World Above from Little Mermaid, sung at the top of her lungs, incorrect words and all.

Jan

[Ramblingman]

One of the funniest I have ever heard was my sister. When she was young, we got home from going somewhere and my dad came around to her car door and asked, "May I help Madame out?" Without batting an eyelash, and oblivious to what she was saying, she said, "I'll help Madame self out."

As for my kids, my son did letter substitution as others on here have mentioned. He eventually went to a speech therapist. We found out he could make all the sounds, he was just substituting. So for a few years I was Gaggy instead of Daddy.

I have some things he said while young written down at home. I'll look them up and share them later. There were so many.

[sassafras]

When our now grown niece was tiny, she insisted on calling DH "Bruce" even though his name is Steve. Never have figured out where she came up with that one or why!

[Jillirose]

How about 'Lasterday' for yesterday and 'Nexterday' for tomorrow?! I loved it when my daughter made up those.

[disney obsessed]

I have a bunch but these are my favorites.

Tory called grapes Pulls. I guess because they where pulled off the stem. It took a few days to figure it out.

Carly called Julie Doollie. Her favorite color was lellow. I also remember her asking what 3 plus 4 plus 7 dot com equalled.

Julie called Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Snow White and the Seven Dorks. She was very little and had no clue.

[brownie]

Our older son came up with some good ones:

"Icemellows" meant marshmallows.

"The batteries are dry" meant the batteries died.

"Get your dressed on" meant get dressed.

"Grandpa & Grandma Rapids" or "the Rapids" referred to my parents who live in Grand Rapids.

"Disney's California" was how he always referred to California Adventure.

[Kenny1113]

We have alot as well, here are some off the top of my head

"push buttons" for the remote control, we still call it that and my oldest is now 10!

"byes" for his pacifier
"bear milk" for the pediasure
My little one (now 7) used to call chip and Dale "chicken Dale". It was quite a laugh at the campfire

Our favorite (which maybe only our family can appreciate, but here goes) my oldest used to call his grandfathers "papa" and used to differentiate by the color of their house - "papa yellow" "papa brown". Well somewhere along the way, "papa brown" ( who owned cats ) became "papakitties".
My son is 10 and still calls him this, DS7 calls him this and we r going to try to get DN 4months to call him this eventhough he no longer owns cats.

[Kenny1113]

Forgot one:
My little one used to call a bathing suit "baby sue"

[buzznwoodysmom]

Oh I have another one. One year for Easter my youngest kept saying he didn't want to dye Easter eggs. We couldn't figure out why. Most kids love to dye Easter eggs right??? Then finally he asked why did we want to kill eggs!

[Mousefever]

I've tried to instill a love of good music in my son, starting from a young age. I didn't realize that his interpretation of song titles was very age-appropriate until, as a 5 year old, he said, "Mommy, let's listen to Juice Box Hero!"

Amy

[lovewalt]

My DD used to call Ravioli,Okey Dokeys.

[meldan98]

I almost forgot about what my oldest used to do when she was little. She would watch Chicken Little and would sing along to the "We are the Champions" however she would substitute Chickens for Champions. She would sing at the top of her lungs, "We are the Chickens, my friend..."

[baby minnie's mommy]

My 2-yr.-old recently insisted Daddy was "vacuuming the grass." (mowing the lawn)

DD used to say "I wanna carry you" when she wanted to be carried.

[BrerGnat]

My younger son has a lot of speech issues. For a long time, EVERYTHING was "GEE". Everything.

"Be Mommy" was said when he was upset and wanted me to comfort him. Even still, when he has a tantrum, my OLDER son will yell out "Be Mommy" to taunt my younger.

My parents are "Grandma Green" and "Grandpa Green". I have no idea why. Their last name is NOT Green.

[DisneyDog]

I've got a great one that just happened this morning. I was brushing my DS8's hair by the sink in my bathroom. He saw I had generic Vaseline, which is, of course, labelled "Petroleum Jelly." He asked if that was from Harry Potter. I asked him to explain and he said, "you know, like Expecto Petroleum!"

[buzznwoodysmom]

I've got a great one that just happened this morning. I was brushing my DS8's hair by the sink in my bathroom. He saw I had generic Vaseline, which is, of course, labelled "Petroleum Jelly." He asked if that was from Harry Potter. I asked him to explain and he said, "you know, like Expecto Petroleum!"

This one made me laugh out loud. My kids are HP fans, and my youngest always says "A Fart A Kedavra", instead of "Avada Kedavra ", then he makes a "fart" sound with his mouth. He thinks its hilarious, even though mom doesn't like it.....(sigh) boys?????

[Erin C.]

Just a couple. My DD who is now 17 used to pronounce these wrong:

Cinderella = Cilerenda

Lactose Intolerant = "Black Toast" Intolerant

Not going to admit how long we let her pronounce them wrong!!!!

[riley1129]

Just a couple. My DD who is now 17 used to pronounce these wrong:

Cinderella = Cilerenda

Lactose Intolerant = "Black Toast" Intolerant

Not going to admit how long we let her pronounce them wrong!!!!

This is very true!!!! i was 12 STILL calling it "Black Toast" intolerant!!!!