Children's misheard, misremembered or made up words.

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

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

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

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.

we put our dirty clothes in the washing it clean

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

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

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.

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'.

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 .

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

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. . . . .

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!

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.

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"?

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"

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

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 referred to court shoes as 'Dockies' for years ..mum used to ask me to get her 'shoes and stockings' for her when I was just toddling!

We often went on the train for an afternoon at ' Hampt Courton' my DD2s version! Still find it hard to think of it as Hampton Court.

My brother sang. 'Once in royal david sooty stole a candle shed'

Our son always referred to the empty tube from a toilet roll or kitchen roll as a "bandiag". We have never found out where that came from.

Bed Clo for a blanket because DS thought it was the singular of Bed Clothes
Soddits - sausages
Ballinster -bannister

DD (8) went into a record shop and searched in vain for the latest single from 'Mad Hat and Transfer.' for my birthday. I was heavily into Manhatten Transfer at the time

My niece always called tomato ketchup 'kitchen kekkup'. After repeated corrections from her parents, it became 'Martin kitchen kekkup'.

My son used to call celery Oliver - no idea why but we still use it today. My husband thought his mother worked in a park when he was a child - she worked part time and my mum always called £1coins cound poins.

Almost until the day she died at 101 my mother told me very frequently that I always said shish and fips because I couldn't say fish and chips.
DS called jumpers 'brennies' and slippers 'prets' but we have no idea why. 40 years later we still call them that.