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The
way kids speak
Children
say the funniest things often with great deliberation. Finding out what
they mean is a charming hobby most often pursued by parents, relatives
and teachers.
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Guidelines
to gobbledeegook
Callers to
Jonathan Cowap's programme on 麻豆社 Radio
York have been talking about the words and phrases their children
dream up.....
Here's a
selection...From the simple spoonerism and malapropism - to the highly
inventive "Fowchay".
Personal
favourite: Father Christmas and his radiators
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Fornclakes
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Cornflakes
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Dugada
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Guitar
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Mazageens
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Magazines
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Fowchay
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Water
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Trollypector
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Helicopter
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Hobaloo
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Horrible
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Num-nums
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Slippers
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Binkulars
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Binoculars
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Fuppers
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Wellington
boots
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Electric
City
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Electricity
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Swimney
Cheap
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Chimney
Sweep
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Caterpiltar
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Catapult
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Mow Lawner
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Lawn
Mower
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Skewskicer
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Screwdriver
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Stickyfoot
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Certificate
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Jammy
duffnuts
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Jammy
doughnuts
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Cacavan
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Caravan
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Nockasulls
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Binoculars
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Fliptop
commuter
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Laptop
computer
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..and then,
of course, there's the perfectly lucid:
Bastions
on their boswans = brassieres on their bosoms
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