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My oldest used to say fruck, which sounded horrible, and I would go "TR-uck" and emphasize the "tr" sound. So he would go "Tr-fruck". He's 28 and says it correctly now!

My girlfriend's son's first word was clock. Except it didn't come out that way. So one day they were out and there was a large clock tower and he kept pointing up saying "big cock, big cock!!" She was mortified!

ROFL...My cousin did the exact same thing:

"Wook it mommy! A big __uck!!!"

He's in his mid 30's and still hasn't lived it down. It was his 2yo molars. When they came in the "cheater" way his did the TR sound was no longer possible, so the sound came out as an F. Lasted for about 6 months.

TR and TH sounds often get replaces with Fs or Ds. It's a shape of the mouth thing.

Don't ignore it (it's not swearing), and don't punish for it (again, not swearing)... just correct him the same way you would for any other word

"See my foots???"
"Feet. Yes? What about your feet?"

"More mantalope please?"
"More Cantaloupe? Of course."

"Doggie!"
"Kitty."

"Stupid ting."
"Thing. Stupid thing. No, do NOT kick the stroller."

We correct toddlers a gazillion times a day and don't even notice because the words are close (or completely and totally wrong). Just treat this accidental swearword the same way.

Don't worry about it. Just reinforce the correct pronunciation of truck and within a few months he should get it right. He's not being naughty, he's just learning, don't discourage him from saying it.
When my daughter was young she couldn't pronounce sock, it was "cock." Lovely coming out of the mouth of a 18 month old right..NOT! Not only would she say cock, but she'd say "daddy's c---" for big socks and "my c---" for smaller socks. I think she said this until she was almost 2 1/2. She's now 6 1/2 and says SOCK perfectly fine!

Mine said that every time we went to the duck pond. We liked to feed those f's. My neighbor is a speech therapist and she said the combinations are harder to do for those learning to talk, and it just takes time. Any mom who knows anything will understand, laugh, and not judge you on your "vulgar child". ;)

Lots of kids say that for the word truck. Don't yell at him about it, just correct him. If he has never heard the word, he does not know it is bad. Just steer him in the right direction, and pray he doesn't see a truck when there are lots of people around lol

My daughter would say Lellow for Yellow....I would just work with her on it - not getting upset or anything...it's YEL-LOW....working with the Yes. Yell. words...

Don't ignore him - just say - WOW!! Look at that TRUCK and accentuate the word...

One of my sons did the same thing at that age. Just keep working with him on it. He'll get it, and some day you'll look back on this and laugh.

My mother's name is Virginia and my father used to say something like hey 'Virginia Lady'. My brother at about the same age (almost two) turned it into something similar that was also really embarrassing. It took awhile but we called her mom and Dad never said it again.

My daughter couldn't say that word right and I'd end up clamping my hand on her mouth. I was horrified because my husband drove one and she'd yell it so loud, outside that she saw her daddy's truck coming. We got through it and I had to explain to people a few times. It didn't last long.

My grandson that will be 2 on the 17th of next month says that when he's trying to say frog. We don't have a lot of frog toys in the house. Hopefully he speaks more clear before he says it many more times! LOL

My sister lives in Baltimore and drives on the beltway often with her kids. There are lots of trucks and when my nephew was about 2 he would say truck as your son does. So all the way during their commute to and from daycare he would be swearing up a storm in the backseat noticing all of the TRUCKS. It was hilarious. It is a phase that will pass. No other mom out there should fault you for it. All of our kids say things incorrectly some are just a little worse than others. :)

lol my son says What's that? But sounds like Wha sh**. I know he's not swearing so I don't feel like I need to correct him.

My son says the "f' word when trying to say fork. He also says Percy (the green train) incorrectly... oh that was a funny couple of days..lol

When you are hearing this don't "correct" him. Sometimes it makes them start feeling bad about themselves.

This is an example of how we handle things like this in child care:

Boy: I want my F**K.
Teacher: That is a cool truck, you must like that truck a lot.

Boy: I play "F**K".
Teacher: I like to play with the truck too, do you like that truck or that one?

If you use the incorrect word in the return sentence it reinforces the correct word.
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One of my dearest friends had a little 2-3 year old and could not figure out what the girl was saying and what it meant.

The little girl had started getting on the rocking horse and saying "Buck you"...over and over and over. Mom asked her what she was saying and she said she didn't know. Mom finally figured out the girl had heard the neighbors outside having an arguement. The dad kept saying "F*** You!!!!" Over and over loudly.

The little girl didn't understand the word and associated it to the only thing she had heard that made sense to her. Bucking on the horse. Mom worked on saying correct words when she was referring to the horse and the girl finally started saying yahoo or something like that when rocking on it.

My oldest daughter's first and favorite word was clock. Except she would say "cock." Everywhere we went (especially doctor's office) she would point around and yell "Cock! Cock!"

I just kept stressing, "Yes, that's a CLock" and she eventually got it. However, with the f word, I'd maybe stress it a little more. :)

My friend's son loved fire trucks...he just called them fire *ucks for a few months. She just repeated, "that's right a fire TRuck". Until he learned to pronounce things better.

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We also have one that fell into the abyss called Thomas and Friends. He had a Salty, Thomas, and Percy shower toy set. One day, I came home from the store and my husband called A in and asked him if he liked his toys. He said, "Yes, I like thomas's salty p*ssy!" Apparently, my husband heard him, thought it was funny, and had been 'working' with him on saying it all day long! Thanks, hubby! And thank God he grew out of it!

I would keep repeating it the correct way. Its embrassing but it will stop soon.
When my oldest was learing to talk. He would say something that sounded like "Jew" but he was actually pronouncing "juice". I would not say or teach my child to say Jew. It sounds horrible. We were walking thru a food court and my son said JEW real loud and kind of pointed to this woman who could of been jewish but she was drinking something..that is what my son was pointing at. I was very embrassed.

It sounds accidental, so I agree that correcting him until he works it out is a good way to handle it.

Now, I know someone who's 2 year old starting saying "shut up", and she even said it to me, and my DD. I was really irritated that the mom chose to ignore it rather than correct it. Especially when I have a 5 year that is wondering how come this kid can say whatever she wants & she can't.