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post #1 of 11
2/23/08 at 9:36pm
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when they mispronounce something?

There are some things that I will let go and others that I just can't. With Gracie, who is only 21 months, I won't correct her but when I speak to her I will use the correct word. She went through this stage where she added "y"s to the end of words like cuppy and huggy and I couldn't stand it. So while I didn't make a huge deal of her using them, I always replied with the correct word.
Haley is my worst though... and she gets the most upset about it. Tonight she was talking about making jewelry but was using a word more like jury and it honestly was driving me nuts so I corrected her. She got really offended and yelled at me for wanting her to be perfect. I tried to explain that I don't expect her to be perfect but I do want her to be educated and to sound educated. Is it not better to have your mom tell you that you are mispronouncing something than a peer who might make fun of you?
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post #2 of 11
2/23/08 at 10:06pm
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Libary is one that I can't stand either... I cringe when I hear adults use it. I worked in Girl Scouts with a lady who swore she had a chimley over her fireplace and it drove me bonkers!
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post #3 of 11
2/24/08 at 6:17am
Yep... I'm a corrector too. I can't stand it when they say things wrong. What's driving me nuts at the moment is Tessa and baby talk. I have never used baby talk with the girls... I don't like it. Lately Tessa is talking to Karah in baby talk... You know stuff like
ow does da baby wan a bwankie....
Makes me just want to smack her... I do correct them when they say things wrong. I don't make a big deal out of it, I just say you meant.... right?
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post #4 of 11
2/24/08 at 9:59am
I correct also. More so with Connor because of his speach therapy. But I do with both of them if I hear it.
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post #5 of 11
2/24/08 at 11:35am
Yes, every time I hear them mispronounce something I correct them and make them say it correctly. I must admit, some of them are cute, but most are annoying.
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post #6 of 11
2/24/08 at 1:17pm
i correct when i hear things too.
someday he will say the instead of da although i have to admit when he sings 'o Canada' we stand on guard for dee sounds pretty cute
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post #7 of 11
2/24/08 at 11:23pm
I do my best to correct ehr - however she is super sensitive about things like that so I have to be careful as too how much I do it.
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post #8 of 11
2/25/08 at 8:25am
Oh Yes! I'm a corrector too!!

I can't stand the libary thing either! Grates on my nerves.
Austin doesn't seem to mind when I do it, but he has the HARDEST time with theater. It comes out like the-de-der.

Dylan has a hard time with V's, so he tends to watch bideo's instead of video's. I'll try to correct him but he gets mad and just calls it a moooo- beeeee.
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post #9 of 11
2/25/08 at 11:09am
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That is funny Robyn... Haley was the exact oposite... she would use "v" in place of "b". The one that took the most time to correct was the park "vench". She refused to believe she had it wrong.
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post #10 of 11
2/25/08 at 1:50pm
I correct both kids. Logan has trouble with his R's. Even hears them the way he says them. He will try to spell with a w instead of an r.
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post #11 of 11
2/25/08 at 3:18pm
Why, Elaine, don't you like being "AXED" to do something?

Me NEITHER!!

I do correct Lauren, and she's usually pretty receptive to things & adjusts it. I just make it kind of a "light" thing, which works best for her.

Now Ryan.... I'm just TRYING to get him to say anything. Really.
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