Children's misheard, misremembered or made up words.

DS called helicopters 'airhoppers' which I thought was very appropriate.

And to this day in the family we always refer to 'wellyboops' which was DD3's take on 'wellyboots'

I knew a child who sang Harry Hoover for Hallelujah and another who always asked for the Rusby ball

These are all so funny!

Following on from Penstemmon's Royal David Sooty, my mother used to sing "Noel, noel, noel, noel, Lord is the king of his grey hair". And my son used to sing "Oh come all ye faithful, joyful and trifle"

My friend's son wrote in his school News Book that his dad worked for " Self and Ploid".

Her dad still calls the duvet the " European quilt".

And don't all children eat " bisketti"?

Ha, just remembered a couple more.

DD1 wrote in her school book that she was wearing a skit and a shit. ( skirt and shirt ).

Switzerland is always Swishland.

Dumplings in stews are dirty clouds.

DD2 told everyone that she was a vegetarius when discussing star signs and that Jesus' mother was the Vinegar Mary.

DD3 once pointed out the massive pillocks (pillars) that held up the bridge we were crossing.

It's fun remembering all these little mistakes.

Some classics from DS2 (now 31!):

Slippers: woof woos
Cucumber: doodoo dundun
Raisins: nunnies

And my favourite...
Helicopter: oolala!

Like so many of us, those are the words we still use today!

What a fabulous post!
My elder DD used to say hisbottle for hospital
Amblielumps for ambulance
And bubble stones for cobblestones

The elderly mother of a friend always says oonie poonie for Per Una.

In France I have often confused rideau and drapeau-one's the curtains and one's a flag. . . . .
Also I sometimes used to confuse 'un clin d'oeil' with 'un coup d'oeil".
One's a wink and one a glance-you can just imagine. . . . .

And harse cream for ice cream!
As well as harsies for horses. . . .

Oh this thread is so funny ! Some from my memory ....
In the name of the Farmer and the only ghost ,
On seeing a chap with a turban on my son said "mum I`ve just seen a genie" .
My old Mum told me her friend smoked Griptight thins ( Sterling lights)
Little GD while playing with with me said Fee fi fo fum , I smell the blood of an ancient one , I think she was referring to me .

MIL telling us about a meal at a friend's house - 'we had a lovely dinner then sat in the conservative for a cup of tea'.

When not very hungry at breakfast a friends son said he would just have 1 weetabick, and my own son was once worried that he might have an earwack.

Sort of logical when you think about it.

My DD always said geffast for breakfast, and it's what we all still say

I'm having such a good laugh,
Pillarcatter for caterpillar from DD.
According to DGD we put our dirty clothes in the washing it clean! We still call it that to this day.
She called gloves glubs and wanted to go to the plub (pub).
Our neighbours drove a mister fishy instead of Mitsubishi.
Fireworks are for vampire night according to DGS 1

My huband's aunt had been out for a meal and was telling us all about it. "And for dessert I had a merringyew" . I must have looked a little baffled and she had to describe it to me - I honestly did not realise she was talking about meringue and I felt rotten for having embarrassed her

we put our dirty clothes in the washing it clean

My DGS went on a school trip to London recently and was showing us all the photos. He had several featuring that well-known building in the financial district known as The Garlic.

A friend's children both pronounced "j" as "dr" - "drump", "drelly", etc.

Instead of Millenium DD said Minellium, our neighbour was called Melanie and my DD called her Menalie,also DS told everyone who would listen that he could now ride his bike without sterilisers

Oh hildajenni DD1 used to say glubs (with my potteries accent) for gloves too.
A friend of DD2 worked in M&S years ago and called mange tout as mangy towt!
They've been that ever since here

My son used to call speech therapy giggly goggly so we all did!

My youngest said 'fuming beans' for human beings. And 'the Man who got lost in the Dark' for the Indiana Jones film 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'

DD1 couldn't always remember the name of the neighbours' new baby, and one day called him Simple instead of Simon! She also referred to the baby's father, Robert, as Rabbit. Needless to say those were the names we used in private for ever more.

My OH once referred to Kenf***y Tried Chicken.
As a child I thought the words of the prayer Gentle Jesus "Pity my simplicity" were "Pity mice implicitly",
My Scots Mum thought that 'Jesus bids us shine' was 'Jesus bits do shine' (ie bits being boots to her childish ears).
My children referred to biscuits as dibdits, yogurt as logurt, the icecream van as the yayoo.
I used to refer to a neighbour from across the road as Anne opposite to differentiate from Anne up the road. My son thought for years that her name was Anne Ossopit.

Two misheads come to my mind from nearly 40 years ago, I used to do a village collection for Fishermen and my (then) little son would come with me, he knew most people in the village, and rushed up to one elderly gentleman, "Uncle.... we are here for the fishmens erection (collection), I still remember the shock on the chaps face. The other was vlishit, for biscuit, he was furious the first time that I could not understand what it was he wanted and threw a right tantrum.

A relative announced that her father had been taken off to the "palatial" care suite at hospital, she meant palliative care and she caused a smile in very difficult circumstances.

My daughter used to refer to ashleyes (eyelashes) and cutletry (cutlery).