It’s common for kids to struggle with pronunciation, but it never stops being funny. They say words like cimanimon, lieberry, sammich and pusketi. Today, I heard a new one.
I asked my son, “What would you like for lunch? A burrito or Chef Boyardee?”
After thinking for a moment he replied, “Jeffrey’s ID.”
What? Jeffrey’s ID? Who is Jeffrey and why would he want to eat his ID?
“Can you say that again?” I asked.
“Jeffrey’s ID.”
“Okay… I’ll go grab Jeffrey’s ID and heat it up for you. It might be kind of crunchy though.”
Jeffrey’s ID and Chef Boyardee. I can hear the similarity between the two, but only one of them would I be willing to eat. First of all, I don’t know where Jeffrey’s ID has been and second, I have no idea where to find him.
We did work on his pronunciation and I think he’s got it figured out.
So while he’s enjoying his warm bowl of Jeffrey’s ID, what funny words have you heard children say?
Please feel free to share some laughter in the comments below.
Me - Who am I? 
LOL! I was sick and Mr. T was little and he said that he needed to be home ‘kidding me’. And I was totally baffled until he goes “when I’m sick you always ‘mommy’ me, so now it’s my turn”
I think my heart melted!
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Ha! I love it. That is hilarious! Aw, that would have been a heart melter.
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He passed on a burrito?! Blasphemous in New Mexico. 🙂
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I agree! I would have chosen the burrito too. 🙂
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Jeffrey’s ID beef ravioli! Yum yum, Me Who.
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Sounds delicious! 🙂
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Funny! I do love a good sammich!
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Sammiches are good! Especially ham and cheese.
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Jeffrey’s ID, can’t top that one!!! HA! 🙂 A nice laugh to start my day. 🙂
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Glad my son could give you a laugh this morning. If you ever want to try some Jeffrey’s ID let me know. 🙂
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Well, as a kid I simply couldn’t pronounce the sound of letters K and G. Provided many an entertaining dinner time gossip.
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I imagine you probably came out with some interesting words. 🙂 Some letters can be more difficult than others.
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My oldest, when he was 2, came to visit his baby *hector* at the *hop-i-si-tol*
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Aw! That is adorable!!
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My kids had a hard time with lobster, so anytime they wanted to go to Red Lobster they asked if they could go to Lobmonster. We still call it that and it has been over 20 years.
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Lobmonster – that is so funny! I’m surprised that it didn’t scare them, with the monsters and all.
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I remember as a kid I couldn’t pronounce aluminum. It would come out as amumalum. The trials and tribulations of being a kid.
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🙂 That’s cute! I’ve never heard that pronunciation of the word before. Amumalum – I like it.
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ha ha! good one!!
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Thanks! He can come up with some funny stuff.
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Oh, like me thinking my son was calling cars “gassers” when he was calling drivers a B-word for one of unknown parentage because of my cursing while driving?
Yeah, your story is a little better and safer 😀
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Oh no! “Gassers” would have been better. 🙂 Just goes to show how much our kids listen and copy after us.
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I remember my step son couldn’t say the word ‘comfortable’ and one day he was wriggling and wriggling. When he finally stopped he said “Now I’m cumberboot”. We just laughed.
My grandson this Christmas had a new one for us. Instead of Ninja Turtles, he called them Ranger Turtles. Can’t work that one out.
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Nothing like the feeling of being cumberboot! 🙂 That’s adorable! Maybe the Ranger Turtles are a mix of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the Ninja Turtles?
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