The things they say.

My DGS was sent to wash his hands, his Mum on checking he had washed them said what did you use to wash them , Ekylapticus he said.... it was Eucalyptus, so it will never be called Eucalyptus again in this house

grin we still refer to cucumber as coocoobecki, elephants are e-ants even though our sons are both in their thirties. DGS2 calls the garage 'the car house'

grin my DD still calls a Orangutan an orange utan.

My DGD calls the local care home, the old peoples hotel.

DD1 used to call an envelope an envelbloke. And when DS said DGD1 (age 5) didn't seem excited about their forthcoming holiday she said "I'm excited in my head!"

4 year old granddaughters call animals aminals and we all say it. I eat branflakes for breakfast and they thought they,d try some and now call them Granflakes.

My now 18 year old grandson used to ask for a kiddle and a cuss as a toddler. We use this expression to all our grandchildren when asking for a kiss and a cuddle.

I once startled DGD2, when she was three - "you jumped me up," she said indignantly.

"The man with a voice like a big cough." DD, now 48....

A friend of mine when we were young, called a hospital a pisotel?

I'm Graggy rather than Granny.

DD has never been able to say lorry for some reason, always lolly, guess what her husband does for a living, yep he is a lolly driver.

My five year old grandsons, anticipating two weddings in the next year, are very interested in the wedding cakes. 'Will there be a marrying man and lady on top of the marrying cake?' That's what they are from now on

DS1 used to say 'peatot' and 'pous' instead of teapot and soup. DS2 had his own peculiar vocabulary. The car was called the 'taptin' because we would always say 'let's get you strapped in'. Not only our car, but 'Grampa's taptin'. The TV was 'paycoo' because that's were Playschool lived.

were WHERE!! red pen time!

My DD used the term "Bunny stairs" for bannisters. One or other of my DCs referred to a wedding cake as "a block flats cake."

When I once suggested to very newly continent DD that it was time she did a wee, her response was "I did one yesterday!

DS busy in the garden with his tricycle and his policeman's helmet proudly told me that he had; "caught lots of burglars and was taking them to prison", but that he.. "would have to chop them up into pieces so that they would all fit in".
His solution to prison overcrowding.

Posie I like that child's logic!

DD3used to put her clothes in the dirty bastard ( she must have got that from her father!!) and all of us now find it very difficult to call it a dirty basket when the grandchildren are around.

DS1 called skyscrapers by the much more picturesque 'skywipers'

Ha ha 'kitty* much better than basket!

My grandson went to the stables as a toddler, and with dad's encouragement announced to me he'd been riding on a 'whore!' Dad laughing like a drain and in no rush to correct him!

When my son was 4 we went to my husbands sister Barbara for a barbecue.

Afterward he told everyone we had been to a barbaracue Guess what we call it now!

When sat in the back of the car with the sun shinning my DS 1 said " the sun is tickling my eyes".

Empire biscuits have been known as Vampire biscuits in our family since DGD2 re-named them. I am fascinated that Vampire is an everyday word in her vocabulary, whereas 'Empire' is an unknown concept.

BTW - did you know that the jelly sweet on top is a vampire egg? No? I didn't know this either till DGD2 told me.

It's just amazing what information they pick up/absorb isn't it?

Apparently when I was little I used to say meemic instead of music. The radio was also the meemic and when we visited my grandparents their TV was a man meemic - i could see the man and hear the music!
I knew a cat was a meow and a dog was a bow wow but I was a bit thrown when I first saw a Pekingese. Finally realised it must be a meow bow wow

Granny23 DG had a Wictor the Wampire (Victor the Vampire) pop up book which was a firm favourite for ages.

Loved the vampire eggs you learn something new every day

Marieallott That describes the sensation of sunshine flickering in your eyes exactly - your Ds is very astute.