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Randy D

When you were a child and first learning to speak, which words did you have difficulty pronouncing, if any? ~

Posted - March 4, 2020
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  • My mom has always taken great comic joy in that when I used to ask for grapes I would say "rapes". 
      March 4, 2020 9:02 AM MST
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  • 19937
    I can't remember that far back.
      March 4, 2020 9:11 AM MST
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  • I'm thoroughly enjoying my Alzheimer's. :P
      March 4, 2020 9:14 AM MST
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  • 19937
    I know you meant that to be funny, but both my parents had it and it wasn't pretty.
      March 4, 2020 1:44 PM MST
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  • It runs in my family, too.  We have just about all conditions covered. :P
      March 5, 2020 8:34 AM MST
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  • 19937
    Hopefully, they will find either a cure or a way to prevent/minimize the effects.  It really does rob a person of their humanity.
      March 6, 2020 9:08 AM MST
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  • 44628
    You can hide your own easter eggs.
      March 5, 2020 8:41 AM MST
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  • 7408
    Only thing I remember being told about by my dad, was I said “kick a mouse” instead of Mickey Mouse. This post was edited by Jaimie at March 5, 2020 12:17 PM MST
      March 4, 2020 10:56 AM MST
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  • 44628
    I could read an encyclopaedia when I was three and could pronounce each word perfectly. Yeah, right.
      March 4, 2020 12:08 PM MST
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  • 1893
    You and my cousin, we were always asked why we could not be more like her.  That did really set the bar high
      March 4, 2020 3:44 PM MST
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  • 44628
    I was joking...but my son could when he was four.
      March 4, 2020 5:05 PM MST
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  • 1893
    My cousin actually could by 3.5, she was an absolute genius who did nothing with her gift.  She was the sort with an eidedic memory who would not study a whole semester, skim the text and notes and ace every test. 

    She had one sister who is a Concert Grade Bassoonist who is just as smart. Can hear a pice of music and play it exactly on almost any instrument
      March 5, 2020 11:58 AM MST
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  • 44628
    My son earned four degrees and uses none of them. He is a 'stay-at-home' dad.
      March 5, 2020 12:01 PM MST
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  • 1893
    Cannot remember that far back.  Probably something in French, my family said I had the worst accent back then.  We spoke either French or German at the dinner table every day.  Parents thought we should be Multi Lingual
      March 4, 2020 3:46 PM MST
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  • 44628
    You know Randy is going to get you for that missing hyphen and the misuse of capitals. This post was edited by Element 99 at March 5, 2020 12:16 PM MST
      March 4, 2020 5:06 PM MST
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  • 3907
    Hello R,

     Are you snoking a ceriek?

    excon This post was edited by excon at March 5, 2020 12:16 PM MST
      March 4, 2020 4:33 PM MST
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  • 16800
    I don't remember, but one of my kid brothers was obsessed with trucks - somehow the "tr" sound was morphed into "f".
      March 5, 2020 1:42 AM MST
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  • 53510

      March 5, 2020 1:57 AM MST
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  • 74
    My brother had the same problem. I remember my mom talking about it. She said it made her feel embarrassed when he would say truck.
      March 5, 2020 8:36 AM MST
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  • 6988
    AMBLEEANCE!   
      March 5, 2020 11:14 AM MST
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  • 1502
    "Simpsons" was one. I loved the show but called it "shishmons."

    Another was the Bosnian word for "cucumber," but I don't reckon anyone here will be much better at pronouncing "krastavac." For me it was just "kači."
      March 5, 2020 12:20 PM MST
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  • 5808
    Had a hard time with Goo Goo and Ga Ga.
    (They are baby words !! )
      March 9, 2020 6:38 PM MDT
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