Since before she was 1, Lily has been a very verbal child, and people have often remarked that her articulation is very good for her age. While most kids have adorable little mispronunciations (“I’m fwee years old!”), Lily may have only fleeting mispronunciations that she self-corrects after a short while. We don’t overtly correct her – she just seems to hear the difference between what she is saying and what we are saying, and switches from adorable tot-speak to regular speech after only a few mistakes.
Well folks, there is one word that she does consistently mispronounce.
She CAN say it properly at times and the sounds are certainly within her repertoire, and she has gone from mispronouncing it almost all the time to only about 50% of the time. For Lily, though, this is remarkable in that she never keeps making mistakes for this long.
So, you see, there is just this one word that continues to trip her up.
And I’ll be darned if it isn’t a doozy.
[When watching this video, remember that “Annabelle” is Lily’s lovey and she sucks her thumb at night while clutching Annabelle.]
[Also, don’t watch this video if you are easily offended. She doesn’t mean to be so sassy.]
Folks, I can’t make this stuff up.
Despite what it looks like in the video, the last thing we really want to do is encourage her to drop f-bombs, so we try not to snicker or draw attention to what she’s saying – anyone who has ever spent time with a 2-year old knows that telling her NOT to do something is likely to have the opposite effect.
Until she self-corrects, I’m afraid we seem to be stuck with this one. Kind of reminds me when she used to shout “homo!” in public when she wanted to go home.
This, too, shall pass and until then, we might as well laugh.
At least when Lily’s back is turned.
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