Peenamite Dynamite

The Small Boy's diction has always been excellent. Even back in September when he was only saying two things, ever ("no" and "oh no"), though there might not have been many of them, the words themselves were perfectly clear. It is absolutely adorable to hear him meticulously and correctly pronouncing "watermelon", "motorbike" or "dinosaur" (to name three favourite things).

There is just one exception to this principle. Vegemite, in Small Boy land, should be pronounced "Peenamite". And I have Absolutely No Idea why. Is it halfway between Vegemite and Peanut Butter? Perhaps. But he doesn't eat peanut butter. He certainly recognises the word "Vegemite" when it's used to him. Occasionally he experiments with the 'V' word ("Vege-ge-mite onna sandwich!"). But basically the alternate seems to have stuck in his mind now as The Way It Is Said, and apparently nothing is getting it out.