KidSpeak

I've been reading back over the kids' baby books lately, feeling a bit nostalgic. It's been funny remembering all the amusing things they come out with on their journey to becoming fluent English-speakers.

Scrag is just beginning his adventure into language: he has plenty to say at a rather loud volume, though it mostly consists of dadadad, yayaya and mumumum. A limited vocabulary but somehow he still has a knack of making his needs known!

Our eldest, Dash, was slow to speak and when he did, he made up his own words for most things. I'm sure the fact that his dad is a Geordie helped to confuse him. There's me telling him "No" and his dad telling him "Nooooah!" in this broad north-eastern English accent - and he's sposed to figure out that's the same word?

Here's a few of Dash's gems...

Voom voom vooties = Cars
Doodledoodledoo=chicken/rooster
innadee=DVD
Fafive=Hi5
Tingy=kindergarten
Weedux=Weetbix
Bopple=Bottle
MaMa=Grandma

His friends Henry, Mikayla and Jaylen were called HeHe, LaLa and JayJay.

One of my sisters had a really cute lisp and her memorable words for things included...

Osteroo=hospital

Mediswoom=medicine

Mincemon=Simone (I am still called "Mince" by my siblings!)

Miss Fab was a talker from the Word Go. I have a list written in her baby book of the words she was already saying at 13 months...

Hello, Byebye, ta, Mummy, daddy, Dosh, No, Yes, Downstairs, bath,
tiger, dolly, nana (banana), shoes, tea, nighnighs, "boo!", bottle, "Don't touch!", kiss and poo.

21 words! I wrote underneath the list "I think you are going to be a chatterbox!"

Too true... she's never stopped!

Her vocabulary now includes: Actually, apparently and honestly...

What funny words did your kids have for things?