I use the word “Pummel” with my kids a lot.
When we’re wrestling, or tickling, or running around chasing each other for fun.
I love to say “And now…the pummeling!” or, as I walk slow and zombie like toward them, “I will now pummel you. Pummel I say!!”
I just love the word.
Plus, since she was little, Maggie has always mis-pronounced it Pumble. And Max, of course, picked it up from her.
And I love when they say it. Pumble.
So tonight, I decreed that there would be a pummeling.
And both kids took off running, giggling, yelling “Aaaah! He’s gonna pumble us! Run!!” “NOOOO! Not the Pumbling!!”
Then, of course, came the wrestling and cuddling.
Now that Maggie’s 9, and reading at a very advanced level, I’m pretty sure she’ll discover the true pronunciation of the word soon, and I keep wondering if I should just tell her anyway, so she doesn’t sound silly if she says it at school.
But I don’t WANT her to say it properly yet! That’s one more sign that my little girl is growing up.
And of course, once she discovers the true pronunciation, she’ll be sure to correct her little brother at the first opportunity.
*sigh*
Time marches on.
Until then, though…
The Pumbling Continues.
Tony Caselli 
I used to pronounce the ad- at the beginning of words like ‘adventure’ and ‘admit’ as ‘ig’ when I was a kid- ‘igventure’ ‘igmit’. My parents loved it soooo much. I stopped that on my own by the time I was 10 or so, but they let me keep saying ‘subtle’ (pronounced with the b in) till I was like 15.
I was mortified, of course, but I can’t say I blame them ^_^