Not all words in the English language are created equal. Meaning, not all words are easy to pronounce. Some words just seem to roll off the tongue better than others.
But while some words are harder to pronounce than others – each person is different in this department. For the baby in the video below, there’s one word, in particular, she has difficulty saying.
Her dad flipped on his camera and captured footage that’s total cuteness overload.
There’s nothing more heart-melting than hearing a little kid speak, especially when they adorably mispronounce words like spaghetti. Just wait until you hear what this tiny girl says when her dad asks her to repeat a common dessert name…
Say ice cream
Ice cream may be among the most popular desserts in America, but don’t ask this baby to say it.
Repeat after me.
The girl is strapped in her car seat and looking up at her daddy. Anytime he says a word, she repeats it back. She’s pretty good at it too and can even say words like, “love,” “want,” and her own name “Delta.” When it comes to “ice cream” though, that’s where it gets sticky.
Perhaps you might think she pronounces it like “i-scweem” or something similar. Well…it actually sounds more like “camtono.”
Dad is in a fit of laughter.
Alright, alright. Maybe she just heard dad wrong and “camtono” was a random thing that came out of her mouth. Yet, when dad tries to get his daughter to repeat the words, “I want ice cream,” Delta’s phrase is more like, “I want camtono!”
The little sweetheart tries yet again, and still “camtono” is how she interprets “ice cream.” The man’s tickled by what he’s hearing and asks, “What the heck are you saying?” Can’t really help you there, dad.
Let’s split up the words.
He then decides to go about it in a different way and breaks up the word. Delta first successfully repeats the word “ice,” then says an adorable version of “cream.” Now, all she has to do is put it together and she’s good to go!
Nope. It doesn’t work.
The moment dad asks her to say “ice cream” in their repeating game, Delta jumps right back into responding “camtono!” For whatever reason, “camtono” is how she interprets the name of the sweet treat. Who knows, perhaps she’s gonna invent a new flavor one day called “camtono?”
She’s not the only kid who’s had a parent cracking up over a hilarious mispronunciation.
One BuzzFeed community member told the site:
“At the zoo my daughter called the ostrich a ‘saustrich’ because ‘that’s what sausage comes from.’”
Another shared:
“My daughter said ‘armadillo pee’ instead of ‘L-M-N-O-P’ when she sang ‘The Alphabet Song.'”
She can’t say ice cream but she can make mommy and daddy’s hearts melt with her love.
Towards the end of the video, Delta repeats the phrases, “Delta loves Dada” and “Delta loves Mama.” But after that, it seems like she’s getting quite tired of the game. In fact, she just wants a big hug!
The video is so precious it’s been watched millions of times online. We don’t know what Delta’s favorite dessert is, but after all of her effort – let’s hope dad took her out for a massive cup of “camtono” (with lots of sprinkles on top).
You can tell this girl had daddy wrapped around her little fingers. My favorite part of the video is when she asks daddy for a hug at the end. To hear her for yourself watch the video below.
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