Bella-isms

This is a list of the words Bella currently mispronounces, or says in cute ways. I'm sure I'll edit when I think of more. I'm not including words she pronounces correctly/normally because, well, I just don't have that kind of time. ;-)

I just don't want to forget these, ever.

When Bella tries to say____... It comes out like____.

Apple... Ah poe
Arm... Um
Armpit/Airplane... Ah pee
Banana... Nana, or more often Nannies
Bear... Brrr
Bella... Baba
Bouncy/bouncing... Ah see
Cake... Tit
Chicken... Chitsee
Color... Tah doh
Cookie... Tsi tsi
Cuddle... Tuddow
Cup... Tup
Dancing... Sah see
Elephant... Eh feh
Elmo... Ahmo
Eyebrow... Ah bah
Feet... Beese
Gentle... Ah too
Gosh... Dosh
Grapes... Beets
Helicopter... Tah toe
Hungry... Huh-dee
Joey... Di vee
Kiss... Tiss
Kitty... Tiddy
Light... Dats
Little... Dee doh
Moon... Moooooooo
No... Naaawwww?
Outside... Saaahhheeee
Owie... Ah vee
Pants... Paht
Pasta... Ah dah
Pillow... Tah boh
Please... Peese
Pork chop... Toe pop
Puppy... BAH pee
Rain... Vray or Vree
Read... Vree vree
Rice... Reese
Shirt... Shit, or if she tries hard, Shœt
Silly... Siddy
Sleepy... EEE see
Smell... Shah mo
Snowball (or football, basketball, etc.)... Toe bawww
Sock... Shot (or ToeTOE?, when she says it in Hmong)
Soup... Poop
Star... Taw
Table... Toe boh
Thank you... Ah too
That... Dat
Timmy... Tibby
Tree... Tee
Truck... Tut
Twinkle... Tee doh
Up... Upf
Water... Wah doh or Wawa
Yellow... Lellow


And some of her silly phrases:

I see you!
Oh gosh.
Oh my!
Oh my gosh!
Oh no!
Oh no, poop! Oh no, poop! Eeeeeew... poop.
Silly daddy! (or mommy, kitty, etc.)
Uff da!


And last but not least, Bella counting to ten:

Waaah, Tooooo, Dee, Fohhh, Fieeeee, Sit, Sahvee, Et, Nieeee, Ten!