r/KidsAreFuckingStupid 2d ago

story/text Way to be subtle!

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u/callmefreak 2d ago edited 1d ago

One year I wanted a mirror to see my entire body in since I couldn't do that with the bathroom mirror and my mom got one and wrapped it in front of my little brother. (I was probably playing at a friend's house at the time.) When I came home and saw the big, rectangular shaped gift he was like "that gift rhymes with "irror!" He pronounced it like ee-er to make it sound like "mirror" as much as possible.

Edit for context since I didn't explain it very well: He was a toddler- maybe four at the time. We usually pronounce it as "meer," but he wanted to tell me what it was without telling me what it was by exaggerating every syllable. Like if the word was "horror" he would've said "Or-Er!" with a small pause between the two syllables.

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u/DharmaCub 2d ago

...do you pronounce it meer-er? It's Mihr-er

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u/Alice_In_Hell_ 1d ago

See in my specific states dialect, it comes out as “meer” more often than not. Don’t even get me started on when we try to say horror.

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u/Ok_Astronaut7352 1d ago

If you say you like horror films, do people think you mean Pretty Woman?

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u/Alice_In_Hell_ 23h ago

You know, I’m lucky if they assume pretty woman