My baby sisters first words sounded like "pro-seat-ah ka-sha". We came to learn that she was mimicking Captain Picard saying "proceed with caution". Lol
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My granddad taught me to say "Skål", the Swedish word for cheers, much to the amusement of my parents.
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My twin sister's was "stop" mine was "no". I think you can figure out who was annoying who
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When my elder daughter was born we lived in Tanzania. Her first word was "kuku" which is the kiswahili word for hen or chicken. That was what she saw when she looked out of the window 😊
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My late mother said my first word was “moo.” I was lying on my back pointing at the sky. Took her a minute to realize that I wasn’t trying to suggest that there was a cow in the sky but rather I was trying to say “moon.” 😂
6 months ago | 53
My daughter’s were ‘oh dear!’ because that’s what I said whenever she dropped anything which the dog then ate (everything). She would later drop food on purpose for the dog calling ‘oh dear!’. 🐶
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According to mum, my first words were a rather demanding sentence; “new food!”. I now work as a registered dietitian and nutritionist, so it’s clear to see that my interests haven’t changed an awful lot!
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Apparently mine was "clock", supposedly because we had a chiming clock, and if I was in the room and reacted to it when it chimed, adults would say "clock" probably several times, until one day I said it myself in reaction to the chime.
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My dad told me i was nonverbal until the age of 2, when i suddenly started speaking full sentences. My first words were "i dont like you Michael", directed at his roommate, Michael, who i guess I didn't like lol. Apparently being nonverbal and then skipping to full sentences is fairly common for autistic children, even if I didn't realize i was on the spectrum till i was 19 its fun to think about and notice those details that shouldve made the autism much more obvious when i was a kid, but alas it wasnt diagnosed while i was a child because i was a girl and my mom refused to believe that there was anything different about me other than me just being "gifted" and refused to take me to a psychologist to have me assed while i was a kid. At age 19 life had gotten hard enough that the differences and challenges of autism were noticable enough for me to finally get said diagnosis, and now all those various weird stories from my childhood, like saying nothing until i was 2 and then just speaking in full sentences like it was normal, make a lot more sense.
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According to my grandmother my first word was “Shit!” Which supposedly my Mother said a lot around me… and my Mother denied it of course. This is one bit of family lore I’m sticking with 😂
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My son spoke late, as I recall. ( I'm old AF- 71) So, a little slack here, please. Chris had a rubbery face that was amazingly expressive. With glances gestures or points, he communicated perfectly. He would speak words but preferred not to. I think he was a year and a half old when I was carrying him in a store he used amazing cleverness in avoiding speech. We walked past a fountain as we entered the store and he was obviously amazed by it, but I ignored his eager pointing and leaning towards the fountain in an attempt at drawing out some words. Frustrated, Chris grabbed both sides of my head stared right into my eyes and yanked my head around to point me at the fountain. I laughed so hard I almost dropped the little bugger. ( Yes, he could walk, but letting a child walk through a gift shop is reckless insanity.) Yes, he could talk at that point but only chose to use single words and gestures at most. In his chosen silence we later discovered he had been accumulating an immense vocabulary and impressive insights on how things worked and sounded. A year later he had impressively mastered replicating the sounds of kitchen appliances and the various woodworking tools I used to remodel our house. Very bright, quite odd and funny child.
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My three first words were apparently "mama", "papa" and "tiger". I really liked tigers for some reason 😅
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My first word was dada, meaning dad. My kiddo’s first word was also dada, but she meant the dog. lol
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One of my son’s first words was “gwagga cha!” Which meant “I got you” in people speak.
6 months ago | 5
According to my mother, my first 'proper' word (she doesn't count 'mama' or 'dada', that's just babbling, in her opinion!) was 'horsie', and I have indeed been obsessed with horses my entire life 😁
6 months ago | 15
I don’t know what my first word was, but I was told my first sentence was “buy Netflix stock”
5 months ago | 1
My daughter’s first word was “mine”. First sentence was “That’s mine.”
6 months ago | 4
RobWords
Has anyone ever told you what your first word was?
Can you remember the first words of your children?
If so, I'd be fascinated to hear from you – even if it was something apparently mundane like "mama" or "papa". Drop me a comment below.
Words in other languages are also welcome.
Cheers,
Rob
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