Say It Again! The Hilarious Ways That Kids Mispronounce Words

We know kids have a knack for saying some pretty inappropriate things. And most of the time they do it without even realizing it. As children build their vocabulary, there are bound to be plenty of verbal flubs — most of which will make you laugh out loud. We asked our Facebook readers what words their children hilariously mispronounce, and the responses were overwhelming. Here's just a small sampling of the silly ways kids rework their words.

Four-Letter Words (and Then Some)
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Four-Letter Words (and Then Some)

"My 2-year-old kept yelling out something that sounded exactly like motherf*cker. He would just yell it out randomly in the car. Then one day we realized he was saying motorcycle." — Leanne M.

"My daughter calls Star Wars 'Star Wh*res.'" — Angela G.

"My little guy used to yell fire f*ck instead of fire truck." — Cathy M.

"When my son first got into Thomas the Tank Engine, he would get so excited to see the show on TV. But he couldn't pronounce Es and Rs, so Percy became p*ssy." — Andrea M.

"My 4-year-old says sk*nks for thanks! Bless his heart." — Kimberly J.

"My granddaughter couldn't say her Ss so we had a major problem when we went to Walmart. You know how they have the suckers at the front? As soon as we walked in the door she would start pointing at the registers and yelling sucker, but since she said Fs for her Ss . . . well, you can figure that one out on your own." – Peggy H.

"My niece until just recently pronounced conditioner as candy sh*tter." — Angel S.

"We have bilingual kids and they couldn't say 'pelota,' which is the word for ball. Instead they would say 'puta,' which is the word for wh*re. So going to the store and having your son melt down, screaming that all he wanted was for you [to] buy him a wh*re. [It] was a bit uncomfortable." — Elizabeth T.

"Fork was the word that made my blood run cold." — April M.

Body Language
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Body Language

"Chocolate is c*ck-o-lit." — Lisa B.

"My 4-year-old twins love the show Wallykazam. The opening song starts, 'Wally found a stick, waved it in the air . . . ' My daughter can't get the 'st' in stick out so it comes out, 'Wally found a d*ck.' It's actually pretty hilarious." — Whitney O.

"My one son would say vagina instead of lasagna." — Sarah M.

"Instead of saying naked, my granddaughter would say naken. I love it though." — Tina B.

"My son mispronounces direction as erection." — Kelsey K.

"My 2-year-old loves doughnut holes. [The] problem is that he calls them butt holes. It gets a bit dicey in the grocery store." — Erica H.

"My 4-year-old son can't pronounce scooter or crocs. So he says I want to wear my blue cox when I ride my cooter." — Kara S.

"When my 2-year-old says movie, it sounds like booby." — Amanda K.

"My son was yelling at his big brother and said he was d*ckless. I was like, 'WHAT?!' As he repeated it slower, I found out he was trying to say ridiculous." — Jennifer D.

"My daughter used to call Hello Kitty 'Hello T*tty.'" — Rachael N.

"Clock is always missing an L." — Angela W.

Pop Culture Flubs
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Pop Culture Flubs

"When my son was about three he pronounced Optimus Prime 'Occidental Crime.'" — Jenny B.

"The Wizard of Oz is The Witch of Debaz." — Darlene H.

"My 4-year-old says Cindergrella instead of Cinderella. Can't get her to stop." — Crystal S.

"Doc McStuffins is Domathoupins." — Wendy C.

"Tinker Bell is Twinker Belle." — Fiona F.

"Optimus Prime is Octopus Prime thanks to my 3-year-old." — Natasha R.

Edible Errors
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Edible Errors

"My 3-year-old has always said pine-na-papple for pineapple. I just love it." — Kara K.

"Que-pin-ner for cucumber. It took over a year to get her to pronounce it correctly." — Sarah-Anne V.

"Onin juice for orange juice." — Emma Louise D.

"My daughter calls dessert 'bazzert,' and my son used to call hot dogs 'ogg gogs.'" — Megan R.

"Waqqles for waffles." — Candice H.

"My son says waterwomen instead of watermelon." — Linda S.

"My best friend's son used to say cop porn instead of popcorn." — Brooke S.

"Our granddaughter, London, asks if we're going to the resternaut. Hope she never learns to say it right!"

Just the Funnies
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Just the Funnies

"My son says ask-ca-dent for accident. So cute." — Jennifer H.

"My daughter would say I want to do crack. But what she really meant was crafts." — Stephanie D.

"My daughter says smoke or smoking instead of stroke or stroking. So when I ask her what she is doing when she is with our youngest son she says, 'It's OK I'm just smoking his head,' or with the cat [it's], "Aww can I smoke her?'"

"My son used to combine actually and absolutely and say ac-sha-lute-ly." — Brandi S.

"When my daughter was younger she would want to say superstar, but it sounded like stupidstar." — Beatriz H.

"When my daughter was three, she couldn't say February, so she would say Fairy Larry." — Madonna H.

"My son has a hard time saying 'sm' words. So when he calls my husband a smarty-pants it sounds like farty pants, and smart phone [sounds] like fart phone. Cracks me up every time!" — Jess H.