Huh? WHAT?!?
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Topic: Huh? WHAT?!?
Posted By: BugTeeny
Subject: Huh? WHAT?!?
Date Posted: 26 March 2011 at 8:39am
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Ever since Hannah's been able to converse with us she's always responded to something she doesn't understand/hear with a resounding "Huh?".
Every time she says it I correct her and explain she has to say "Pardon?" instead which she'll then say. However, she only says it that once and reverts back to "Huh?". I ignore her if she says it now, only to be met with "Huh? What?! What Mummy?" I have told her and told her to say "Pardon?" but she just won't. What do I do? It drives me nuts. In every other way she's polite. Says please and thank you and is generally very well behaved, but this just really grinds my gears. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated  ------------- 
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 26 March 2011 at 8:40am
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 26 March 2011 at 8:42am
Sorry, just couldnt resist it....at least Hannah acknowledges you speaking...mine just ignore me although a few times I noticed T saying to me "Mummy! Mummy! yoohoo! Mummy" and waving his hands in front of me...oops....I must do that to him.
I think what you are doing is all you can do. Remember it took years of constant training for them to get please and thank you (any employee that took that long to train would be out on their ear) 
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 26 March 2011 at 8:54am
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*laughs*
Thanks for that
I just thought, after 2 years, it would be stuck by now. Ah well, will keep persevering. *sigh* -------------
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 26 March 2011 at 9:24am
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I hate to say my parents etc were BIG on manners & I still say what. Drives my DH insane. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 26 March 2011 at 9:53am
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maybe try getting her to say something else instead of pardon... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 26 March 2011 at 11:38am
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LOL Kel.. I have to admit DH says it to me, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Maybe I have to start correcting him
Biz, good idea. I'll give it a shot, thanks! -------------
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Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 26 March 2011 at 12:13pm
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LOL, welcome to my world!! Except my DD says 'Uh?' not 'Huh?'. I initially blamed it on an international homestay student we had, but recently discovered that my DH says the same thing!
We use a similar approach to you with ignoring and correcting. Drives me mad also  ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 27 March 2011 at 8:06am
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So glad I'm not alone! -------------
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 27 March 2011 at 2:11pm
LOL, I have no advice as I havent encountered that....yet, but Caden started saying "Mummy Mummy, oi! oi! Mummy!" - Oops, we say oi a lot to try get his attention, so I must stop saying it. When he does say it though I ignore him until he just says "mummy" without the oi!  ------------- |
Posted By: rachael90
Date Posted: 27 March 2011 at 3:07pm
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LOL Mr 3 copies everything I say atm, so I have watch for swearing ------------- Rach |
Posted By: MM2010
Date Posted: 30 April 2011 at 12:51pm
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The best thing I have learnt is not to keep correcting them over & over again. You just need to say the right word once when you talk back to them & not to tell them they are wrong. They are only young & will learn eventually :)
For example, my 4 year old use to pronounce the word 'chicken' as 'schicken'. He would ask me 'Mummy, can we have 'schicken' for tea?' I would answer him back with 'Sure son, mummy will make you 'chicken' for tea'. I will leave it at that & every time he would mispronounce a word or not use his manners I will just say it back to him correctly ------------- 
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Posted By: NovMum
Date Posted: 03 May 2011 at 9:59pm
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I have a similar problem and my DD is the same age as yours, she is very very polite but I made the mistake of saying 'you heard me' a few times when she asked me the same question over and over. Now if I ask her to repeat herself she'll say 'you heard me'... guess I was asking for it!!? No idea what to do about it, drives me nuts...
The other one we have, again my fault is 'aye', such as 'this is cool aye', drives my DH mad as he is australian and they don't say that .. I tell him there is worse like she could say h like he does, heigch or daaance etc etc ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: My3Sons
Date Posted: 04 May 2011 at 6:12am
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lol arent they funny at times!!! Mine is like NZPipers, ignores me alot of the time ------------- Mum to Mr 10, Mr 6 and Mr 4 
 
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