"BURPLE"
Every child goes through life experiencing an impediment involving one word or another. For me, it was PURPLE. I was convinced that I was physically unable to enunciate the word "PURPLE" so when ever it was necessary, I said "BURPLE". To convince others of my impediment towards the word, when asked, I would state, emphatically, "I can't say Purple. I have to say Burple." and that was that!
Other children I have known, have had to live with similar roadblocks in their mouths when called upon to pronounce particular words.
Around age three or four, my cousin, Billy Kramer was physically and emotionally unprepared to speak the word Grampa, when referring to his, and my Grandfather, Henry F. Worden. From a very early age, Billy would call him "Umpa!" In Billy's head, he was saying "GRAMPA" even though others heard "UMPA" being uttered.
Billy, like I, (and I suppose, most children) when corrected, would verify his inability to say his "special word", Grampa. Only Billy's version was,
"Not Umpa (believing he had actually pronounced "Grampa", the way the others had said it), but "UMPA", (believing he had said GRAMPA the way HE heard it in his head.)
Don't try to figure it out. Billy eventually did, and trained himself to refer to his Grandfather as "Grampa Worden."
Don Sawyer, a friend of mine in the United States Marine Corps, told me of his niece who called the Refrigerator a "Retooderotter."
I am sure if you think about it, long enough, you can add to this list. If you would like to, send them in to me and I will begin to compile a list of childish mispronunciations, giving you credit for the submittals.
(End of Chapter 11)