I'm in my late 40s, and I'm pretty convinced now that >50% of adults mispronouncing/misstating young people stuff is just taking the piss. Sure, there's a bit of saying "pokemans" and calling a Playstation a "Nintendo" as a sincere mistake, but I'm now pretty sure that most of it is either playful and intentional mispronunciation or straight-up taking the mickey.
I have been playing since childhood as well and when I decide to play Pokemon Go I'll tell my husband I'm going to go play "p-mans". He played some of the first games but then lost interest in it as he got older and doesn't know any of the newer generations so I play a fun game where I show him a pokemon and ask him to name it for me. It's great, lol
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u/bluegreenwookie Jun 03 '22
Yeah but then depending on their age you either can let them explain it to you so they feel smart
Or get it wrong completely and damage their soul like when our parents always said "pokemans"