If you read my post from two days ago you would have seen some cute video of Lucian last summer showing his fascination and excitement over bubbles. (If you haven’t watched the short video you are missing out.) His cute little voice combined with his slight mispronunciation was so memorable. When I saw Temporary Language’s adorable translation tees featured on cool mom picks I knew I had to get one for Lucian’s 2nd birthday.
If you haven’t seen them yet you are in for a surprise. They are like a snapshot in time, a very special keepsake that is unique and tailored to the personality of your child. You pick your child’s cutest or funniest mispronounced word
and choose an image from Temporary Language’s gallery that goes with it. Don’t see what you are looking for? You can have a custom image created at no additional charge. We went through that process last year since bubbles wasn’t an option. It went very smooth and they really worked to get us the look we wanted in a timely manner.
When I received the shirt I couldn’t have been more pleased. The quality of the shirt itself is fantastic but even better is knowing I would keep that shirt forever. I will certainly get another one for Warren next year and I can’t wait (or maybe I can) until it becomes obvious which special word or saying should be translated for him. The hardest part for you may be narrowing down which adorable word to use. For Lucian we did consider “bapes” translation: grapes and “A ‘Na!” translation: banana.
Bill Shore, president and founder of Temporary Language, got the idea of trans
lations tees from his own son. According to Bill, “One day when I watched my then one year-old son walk past me down the hallway, carrying his blanket and talking to himself. Apparently he had a lot of things on his mind, and I remember him casually dropping his book, dragging that blanket and saying, “BROCKY”—weird, I know, but the kid actually likes broccoli!
Here was this tiny little person blowing past his daddy, tossing his possessions around the house and talking out loud: “BOBBLE”, “MUK”, “BAPPY”, “MOMMY”, “BONK!” Somehow, I translated this to mean, “Hey Mom!, get me a bottle of milk, then I’d like my pacifier—OUCH!, I just fell!” I realized then that he had let me connect with his world, and I felt I needed to take a snapshot of that moment.”
I bet you’d love to have a translation tee for your little one. Are you feeling lucky? Bill has agreed to give one of you your very own personalized translation tee. He only asks that you help him come up with new images for his gallery.
Even if you don’t win you can get 15% off for their apring sale by entering TEE15 at checkout (expires 5/1/09)
Win it:
Tell me your own little one’s cute, mispronounced word. (How easy is that?)
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This contest will end on 4/2/09 at 11:59 pm CST. Open WORLDWIDE. The winner will be drawn via random.org and contacted the next day. Please be sure to leave me a way to contact you if it is not available in your profile. The winner will have 72 hours to respond before I draw another winner.
Infant Bibliophile says
Most things for our 15 month old sound the same at this point, but we love how excited he gets when he sees a bus; he shouts “buh! buh!”
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poopoo which means grandpa, papa or puppy depending on which is around
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Rita M says
To this day my daughter has a love of “cogs” — make that dogs!
Dumaurier says
My husband flies in the Air Force so my son has been thrust into the world of airplanes since birth! He’s now two and whenever he hears a plane nearby he says ehhhpane!! Its so cute
mverno says
gampa caig which means grampa craig
Jennifer says
My little girl says “Tursty” for thirsty and for some reason she says “leah” for yeah pronounced just like yeah but with the L! I’ve tried and tried to get her to make the Y sound but it just aint happening! And younger daughter says “GOG” for dog!!
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I like picture of the sippy cup!! Which reminded me that one of my kids also went through a stage of saying sippy Tup!
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Pam says
My son talks so much and so fast that there are frequent mispronunications. “popo” is purple; “yito” is little; “piduh” is spider. My favourite from when he was younger, though, is “boobaybuh” – blueberry!
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My daughter calls balloons, umbaas…it is cute.
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KLM39 says
Oh this is the best prize! My grandson says “friend fries” and yuv you” for “french fries” and “Love you”. He used to say something like “elaboon” for balloon.
Tara aka "Mama Koala" says
My one year old’s is “buh-oon” for balloon!
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Starryphate says
My daughter does boo for books….so cute
ecky says
there are so many –
cado for avocado
woofie for dog
babow for bottle
me me is kermit
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oneinamil23 says
great shirts!!
my son (3) calls everyone “serve” like – “here you go serve” (instead of sir)
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shopannies says
our little one would end everything with the 0 sound and say ringo (ring) ducko (duck) but one time when he said ducko and it was a horse was the most unforgetable I laughed and laughed and then corrected him introducing him to another new thing in this great world
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mommyjen99 says
Trapper = tractor
Gonkers = glasses
Hangerbur = hamburger
chin chin = Christian
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The tractor
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mel says
My daughter calls her blankie her ain-key.
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coffeyce says
caca for papa.
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My daughter always says…ok time to put the car in the CARage!!! Thanks for the chance.
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My son pronounces Sacramento as “Sac-Man-Toe”
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Favorite image is the Blue Paintbrush
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Amy says
el-a-peen = machine
duh-le-boo = the letter “W”
baby bamboo = his baby brother Andrew
Amy says
I like the crocodile and elephant best
itsahumanzoo says
I like the telephone. I would have it say “Heddow?” which is how my three year old still answers the phone!
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My favorite word she says wrong is bebeben…barnstein bears (sp?)
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littlelatina says
banana is nana to my boy and he loves them
Jennifer says
I LOVE THIS COMPANY!! How cute!!!
My son calls penguins “pep-pins” and I love it so much that now I call penguins “pep-pins” too!!!
Jennifer says
My favorite image would have to be the “Crocodile” because my son calls all crocodiles, alligators and dinosaurs “Zillas” (from Godzilla).
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Oh, and I just saw another image I love: the Fish. Or as my son calls them “Shushies”
Tammi says
My daughter used to say ‘Pupcake’ (for cupcake)…it was so sweet. She says it correctly now, but DH and I still say Pupcake…LOL
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Tammi says
I like the banana one the best I think, just becasue all kids say “nana”
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Nad says
My toddler says “tadioo” for “thank you” and “wa-wa” for “lovey”
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I like the boy Octopus.
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CC says
As a Speech Pathologist I find this concept for a product hilarious! I’d love one for my daughter saying “muse-git” for “music”
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I’d choose the music image.
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Tat is cat
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Brocky is my fave as my daughter would cry if she saw it, really!!!
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jedigirlz says
My girls are quite older now, but my oldest would say “dotcom” for the computer. It was darling. If I win I will be gifting the tee to my niece.
jedigirlz says
My fave is the brocky and the blueberry image. Both are cute.
Chelsey says
My son says “Soosaa” for soother. We all call it that now. Thanks for the giveaway — what great shirts! mybabyappleseed(at)yahoo(dot)ca
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One of my favourite images is the avocado! Thanks again. mybabyappleseed(at)yahoo(dot)ca
Marianna says
mart mart = walmart.
vboackle says
my grandson says baw for any circle,it is so cute.
Mommy Daisy says
My son says “apple-pus” instead of “octopus”.
Ilena says
Tell you ONE thing my dd says??? My favorite is tend. As in pretend. Let’s tend. I’m tending (Love it) Also Lax which is something she hates to do (as in relax = take a nap! I don’t want to lax! the best.
Ilena says
I like the blueberry image.
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3boyzmom says
OK….this is seriously the cutest idea! My 2 year old son calls our dog “Say Say” I’d love to get a shirt with a pic of a dog that says that!
3boyzmom says
I found something I like even better!
http://www.temporarylanguage.com/gallery/index.php?&image=apple_a
This apple shirt and the word "Bapple"…that's what my 2 year old calls apples.
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Karen says
Love the basketball image.
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Josie says
Our youngest didn’t talk till she was almost 20 months, not a word, then it all spilled out at once. My most favorite was when she would tell people they looked Fee Fee, which meant Pretty. They just looked at her like, is that good or bad!
Josie says
My favorite image is the princess crown
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Our Crazy Life says
Love the monster and the bubbles.
rosannepm says
Grandma-“gamma”
Grandpa-“Gampa”
Garbage-“gwabage
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I like the drum set inthe gallery
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Bloggymommy says
Those are too cute! My son still calls lions ‘wions’!
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My favorite shirt is their ‘yipstick’ one! lol My daughter would love that!
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yyeres says
“neehaha” means banana. yyeres(at)gmail(dot)com
paula h says
My son says Tank Too for Thank You.
Brea's Mommy says
I love the crayons or in Brea’s words collo! Thanks for a great giveaway
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A. says
It’s not necessarily a mis-pronounciation, but she calls Mickey “hot dog” (because of a song) and also Dora is “yogi” (or yogurt) b/c that’s the brand of yogurt she gets. lol
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Marie says
My son calls Robots Bebops 🙂
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jennem says
Fwumpums for mushrooms.
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Abby says
My son has a lot of mispronounced words. One of my recent favs is “cha-cha” for jacket!
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Mommyhood is Thankless says
My daughter says pang-one for penguins. As in hunger pains and the number 1!
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lawyergirl says
My little one says bud fly for butterflies. Oddly enough, she can say forsythia perfectly
Angie says
My little one says “movie gater” for movie theater!
Tipper says
“Ahhhh-yeaaaaaah!” My daughter gets pretty excited…lol.
Brenda S. says
I like the monster and octopus.
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Jinxy and Me says
My nephew only has one word so far: “Buh-bye”
Jamielee says
Instead of saying hungry, my daughter says, “HUGGY.”
Jamielee says
My favorite image is the blueberry vine.
Diana D says
Our grandson has trouble with the word brother and says Bubba. Guess many had that problem and here in the south we have Bubbas all over the place. Thanks for having the wonderful giveaway.
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Jennifer says
My little one thinks that high-five is five-five, so he goes around slapping your hand and saying five-five over and over!
Taylor says
She cries alot but hasnt talked yet so I dont know what it might be.
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NesieBird says
My oldest daughter loves chocolate milk and she’d say “toe-toe bah” for some in her bottle.
lilshuga2001 says
kiddo says …
ta-ta= grampa
lezanac says
I need a tookie (cookie) shirt for my nephew
Heather M says
My almost 2 yr old says Dora, BUT it comes out DoDo (Since in the beginning song they say DoDoDoDora) OR she says DoWa! So cute either way!! Thanks
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Heather M says
Avery doesn’t really mispronounce anything yet, so I like the Cake OR cupcake graphic (Without words) Thanks
Elissa says
We were just talking about our 16-month-old’s new words! Our current favorite is “Ice-Kee” for Ice Cream.
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Elissa says
I love the Coloring Crayons image from the gallery.
Tammy says
I would get this for my nephew if I win, my favorite word of his that he pronounces his way is “Fah-Fee” – That’s Coffee!
Tammy says
I’m liking the donut from the gallery. (Comment 2)
Gianna says
Burburrs (burgers) thanks to my son it’s what I call them now too LOL.
Donna says
I like Brocky.
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masonsgranny59 says
I like the cat image:)