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Good at translating Toddler-Speak?

March 22, 2007 by Mary Owlhaven

Give these a guess:

1. ‘finning’=
2. ‘dam’=
3. ‘pusdetty’=
4. ‘peddent’=
5. ‘peent’=
6. ‘wuv’ =
7.’Tifford’=
8. ‘Yi-ting Teen’= (think Disney)
9. “sivvah-weh”=
10. “doddy”=

Scoring:

2 correct= you’ve got a way to go, baby!
5 correct= you have a good working knowledge of toddler-speak
8 correct= fluent at toddler-speak — do you run a day care?
10 correct= you must be related to this kid!

Posted in Family | 18 Comments

18 Responses

on March 22, 2007 at 6:07 pm Renee

1. ‘finning’= finding
2. ‘dam’=them
3. ‘pusdetty’=spaghetti
4. ‘peddent’=present
5. ‘peent’=pink
6. ‘wuv’ =love
7.’Tifford’=clifford
8. ‘Yi-ting Teen’= (think Disney) ??
9. “sivvah-weh”=silverware
10. “doddy”=daddy
on March 22, 2007 at 6:21 pm Jennifer

Here goes:
#1 swimming, #2 Sam, #3 spaghetti, #4 present, #5 ?-not a clue, #6 love, #7 Clifford, #8 Lion King, #9 silverware, #10 potty

So fun! It’s very hard since each toddler type has their own vocabulary. We haven’t had any toddlers of our own for a while now, but my close friends all have little ones now. This is good practice for me to brush up on my toddler-speak since we will be bringing home our baby from China sometime next year!
on March 22, 2007 at 8:02 pm julie

1. ‘finning’= Finishing (all done)
2. ‘dam’= them
3. ‘pusdetty’= spaghetti
4. ‘peddent’= present?
5. ‘peent’= paint
6. ‘wuv’ = love
7.’Tifford’= clifford
8. ‘Yi-ting Teen’= (think Disney) – Lion King
9. “sivvah-weh”= silverware
10. “doddy”= dolly?
on March 22, 2007 at 8:35 pm Sherri

1. ‘finning’= finishing
2. ‘dam’= them
3. ‘pusdetty’=spagetti
4. ‘peddent’=put it in
5. ‘peent’=spent
6. ‘wuv’ =love
7.’Tifford’=differnt
8. ‘Yi-ting Teen’= (think Disney) ?
9. “sivvah-weh”=It’s far away
10. “doddy”=daddy
on March 22, 2007 at 8:46 pm His Singer

1. swimming

2. them

3. spaghetti

4. present

5. paint

6. love

7. Clifford

8. ??

9. silverware

10. potty (my daughter used to say “poppy”)
on March 22, 2007 at 9:02 pm Meadow

1. ‘finning’= swimming
2. ‘dam’= jam
3. ‘pusdetty’= spaghetti
4. ‘peddent’= present
5. ‘peent’= paint
6. ‘wuv’ = love
7.’Tifford’= Clifford
8. ‘Yi-ting Teen’= (think Disney) not up on Disney trivia 😉
9. “sivvah-weh”= Silverware
10. “doddy”= doggy

I’m out of practice, lol.
on March 22, 2007 at 9:47 pm jcn

1. ‘finning’= funny
2. ‘dam’= ???
3. ‘pusdetty’= spaghetti
4. ‘peddent’= present
5. ‘peent’= paint
6. ‘wuv’ = love
7.’Tifford’= Clifford
8. ‘Yi-ting Teen’= (think Disney) ???
9. “sivvah-weh”= silverwear
10. “doddy”= dolly
on March 22, 2007 at 9:51 pm jcn

i was so wrapped up in my “answers” – i forgot to say – this is “unny”. also – i am dying to know if i got any “ite”. (mom of a 21 month old)
on March 23, 2007 at 4:03 am Jetti

1. ‘finning’= feeling
2. ‘dam’=jam
3. ‘pusdetty’=spaghetti
4. ‘peddent’=present
5. ‘peent’=pinch
6. ‘wuv’ =love
7.’Tifford’=clifford
8. ‘Yi-ting Teen’= TinTin
9. “sivvah-weh”=silverware
10. “doddy”=daddy
on March 23, 2007 at 6:53 am Heather L.

1. swimming
2. gum
3. spaghetti
4. present
5. paint
6. love
7. Clifford
8. Lightning McQueen
9. silverware
10. doggy
on March 23, 2007 at 7:26 am Mella

1. ‘finning’= feeling
2. ‘dam’= jam
3. ‘pusdetty’= spaghetti
4. ‘peddent’= put it…
5. ‘peent’= peanut (as in peanut butter)
6. ‘wuv’ = love
7.’Tifford’= Clifford
8. ‘Yi-ting Teen’= (think Disney) Ack, don’t know.
9. “sivvah-weh”= silverware
10. “doddy”= doggy

Favorites of my son?
Dew-Dup – Juice Cup
Dirk-oo – Tickle or wrestle
Danta – Santa (As in the Santa Clause movies with Tim Allen)
Hsssss – House
Dsssss – Fish
on March 23, 2007 at 7:48 am Denise

I don’t have any new guesses other than what people have already said, but I wanted to share some of ours too. My 4yo still says:

balanna (banana)
feeyoot yeeoops (Froot Loops-which I did NOT buy! my parents brought them! gah!)
beeyoos keeyoos (Blues Clues)
on March 23, 2007 at 9:01 am Daphne Jansen

That number 8 has got me stumped…but Lion King looks fave.
on March 23, 2007 at 10:04 am nancypants

Is #8 Lightning Mc Queen?

I think everyone else had all the best answers for every other choice.

Okay and I’m sure you are a WTMer… am I right? I swear I should know this but… I can’t for the life of me remember who you are on the boards if you are there… If you aren’t a WTMer I know people have talked about your blog a lot in the past.

Love your blog.
on March 23, 2007 at 11:17 am Linds

1.”finning”= swimming
2. ‘dam’= jam
3. ‘pusdetty’= spaghetti
4. ‘peddent’= present
5. ‘peent’= pink
6. ‘wuv’ = love
7.’Tifford’= Clifford
8. ‘Yi-ting Teen’= (think Disney) Lion King
9. “sivvah-weh”= silverware
10. “doddy”= doggy

My son used to call flies ee-ees and the swimming pool was the ollygog, because that was the sound the barracuda pool cleaner made!
on March 23, 2007 at 12:19 pm Stacey

1. ‘finning’= spinning
2. ‘dam’= them
3. ‘pusdetty’= spaghetti
4. ‘peddent’= present
5. ‘peent’= paint
6. ‘wuv’ = love
7.’Tifford’= clifford
8. ‘Yi-ting Teen’= (think Disney) lighting Mcqueen
9. “sivvah-weh”= silverware
10. “doddy”= doggie

When do we get the results??
on March 23, 2007 at 2:20 pm Toddler Speak: The Answers... « Owlhaven

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on March 24, 2007 at 3:47 pm Faerylandmom

Hmmm…I’m going to have to go with…

1:
2: jam
3: spaghetti
4: present
5: pink
6: love
7: Clifford
8: ?? Until I read the first one who suggested “Lightning McQueen”
9: silverware
10: dirty or Daddy

I think I’m going to steal this idea for my next Thursday Thirteen…

I was pointed this direction by “I Should Be Folding Laundry.”