S/o words: pronunciation

bumpuser260585 · August 2012

Do you correct your LO's pronunciation on words if he doesn't get them quite right? J calls a spoon "poon" and ketchup is "chesshup." I think his toddler speak is adorable, but I dont want him to be 6 & still mispronouncing words.
Does anyone rememner the Full House episode when Michelle is an adult & says ows-cream instead of icecream? LOL.

dee12807 · August 2012

We don't really try to correct him unless it's a new word. For things that he says all the time slightly off, we just make sure that when he says it, we say it correctly right after him, but we don't ask him to repeat it again (maybe this is what you mean by correcting them?). I just figure that there are still sounds that he can't make, so there's no way he can say everything correctly. As long as we say it right, I'm oping he gets it right too someday.

Cheekers2010 · August 2012

Naw. I figure G is only 1.5 and his speech will naturally get better as he gets older. It's too cute right now.

lrn327 · August 2012

We generally correct him with the exceptions of his stuffed toys/loveys b/c I guess he can call them whatever he wants AND "mair mush" (hair brush) b/c its just so darn cute!

jillybean800 · August 2012

Well, I just repeat it the right way. Currently, Alexander pronounces "Mango" as "Geego" and I just say, "That's right, Mango!" So I'm telling him he is right, but then kind of correcting it anyway. Once in awhile I will say the word he says for something, like I will say, "Oh, do you want a nana?" because that's what he calls a banana.

I think most kids will refine their pronunciation on their own. Since dog was A's first word, I have watched it evolve from ada, to da, to dag, to daga to doggie. He just did it on his own.

lrn327 · August 2012

lrn327:
We generally correct him with the exceptions of his stuffed toys/loveys b/c I guess he can call them whatever he wants AND "mair mush" (hair brush) b/c its just so darn cute!

I guess I should clarify that I just mean we say it the correct way after it. I don't try to get him to say it correctly b/c that would be futile!

bosha711 · August 2012

Yes. I don't go all out & say, "No, Anthony, it's SPOOON, not poon!" or anything, but I will just confirm what he is telling me with the correct pronunciation by saying, "Very good, that's a spoon!"

His cousin's name is Gabby & he calls her "Abba". So now my ILs are all like, "Anthony! Where's Abba?" alllll the time. It annoys me. I told them to please reinforce the correct pronunciation. I feel like he would be saying it correctly if he could, so why keep reinforcing the wrong pronunciation? IDK, maybe I'm being too anal.

bumpuser260585 · August 2012

I guess correcting wasn't the right word. I meant more me repeating the word the correct way. I want him to say things correctly, but I just love it right now.

enjoylife · August 2012

Not really, I figure it will fix itself the more he speaks. We even named his pet betta "ish" because that's how he says fish. When we talk about going to the aquarium or seeing fish at Walmart we call them fish but for his pet it's "ish" because like you said its too dang cute right now. Right now he is stumping us though he keeps saying "me-mo" but we don't watch Elmo or finding nemo and he isn't holding or pointing to anything inparticular so we are curious what he is talking about.

lrn327 · August 2012

enjoylife:
Not really, I figure it will fix itself the more he speaks. We even named his pet betta "ish" because that's how he says fish. When we talk about going to the aquarium or seeing fish at Walmart we call them fish but for his pet it's "ish" because like you said its too dang cute right now. Right now he is stumping us though he keeps saying "me-mo" but we don't watch Elmo or finding nemo and he isn't holding or pointing to anything inparticular so we are curious what he is talking about.

C's been saying "me-mo" lately for banana! We find this so odd because "nana" was one of his very first words and he's even said "banana" correctly once or twice. I have no idea where "me-mo" came from though but it is definitely what he means. He also called tomatoes "may-mo" until recently.

keags5496 · August 2012

We will just say the word correctly back at him, but I don't even try to get him to say it correctly (like PPs said, that would just be futile). Sometimes he'll say it again on his own and other times he repeats it in his baby talk way. I figure he'll figure it all out eventually.

EVM1216 · August 2012

We also just pronounce it the correct way in response to her. I feel like she is probably trying to say it correctly she just can't get it to come out just right.

I have a feeling that her mispronunciation of the word lion (Lie-eee) is going to end up sticking as her stuffed tiger's name, because it is just so dang cute.

GrayGhost13 · August 2012

jillybean800:
Well, I just repeat it the right way. Currently, Alexander pronounces "Mango" as "Geego" and I just say, "That's right, Mango!" So I'm telling him he is right, but then kind of correcting it anyway.

This is exactly what we do too.

Sonadora · August 2012

We just follow up with the correct pronunciation.

So, she has a toy dragon that hangs from the ceiling that she loves. It comes out "dagohn." We'll say, oh you want the dragon to fly? Right back to her and she'll say yes or nod.

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