narnia Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 So..................here's one for you. Two boys, playing with Mobilo in the book corner. One quite clearly calls the other a F**k butt...........I kid you not. I, with my best Joyce Grenfell voice and face, ask the child 'what was the word you just used?'...............and he comes over to me and very clearly, repeats it. I, again a la Ms Grenfell suggest that it's not a word we want to hear again at our setting, is it?? Child smiles sweetly and says no, it's not ( here i should add that the face of an angel is smiling up at me and it takes all I have not to offer him some brasso and a duster to polish his halo). So, mum arrives to collect and i feel that perhaps i should offer her the benefit of her child's new-found language skill. She looks at me for a moment, then with a face rapidly turning from a slightly pink, to a full-blown over-ripe tomatoey red, whirls around to my deputy and hisses 'well, WHERE did he get THAT from'??? I am trying hard to keep a straight face when i suggest the possibility that he just might have picked it up from any one of the five X Box games he chose for himself on Amazon a couple of weeks ago???........exit one very embarrassed mum......... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSFRebecca Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Oops - I bet mum thinks twice about letting him have free choice next time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondie Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 It makes me laugh when this happens -child say something inappropriate and when mentioned to parents they say "Oh don't know where they got that from - we don't say that at home" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Oh narnia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Hehe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narnia Posted April 4, 2017 Author Share Posted April 4, 2017 bless.....................the total opposite of the coin today.................3 year old H................'why have I got an immune system?? Is there only one?? Why are germs so TINY???', so I answered all his questions.................and then got clobbered with 'do you know that my blood system goes one way all around my body and there are TEEEEEENY blood vessels in there??' 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larnielass Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 I once had a set of parents come in to complain about their child swearing at home. They too didn't know where he got it from. Well, I knew, as the conversation was littered with F words as they argued in front of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 I once had a set of parents come in to complain about their child swearing at home. They too didn't know where he got it from. Well, I knew, as the conversation was littered with F words as they argued in front of me. Yep. That's all too familiar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 The word of the week last week was definitely ‘catafalque’. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattbtest Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Hi For those of you that use Twitter have you ever followed Susie Dent (she of dictionary corner on the TV show Countdown) as she does a word of the day. She is funny as she often uses great words to reflect things happening in the political arena with highly amusing results. I liked this though: Matutinal (18th Century) cheery, active and alert in the morning. This is not me so Crumpsy is apparently the opposite lol Procaffeinate (not yet in the dictionary) is to put off everything until you've had sufficient amounts of coffee - This IS me lol Matt 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Hmm - I reckon I might be 'Crumpsy' before 8 and then hopefully 'Matutinal' thereafter 😂 (I do like a 'bit of quiet' first thing) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted June 7, 2023 Share Posted June 7, 2023 my favourite new word is gallimaufry...it describes my paperwork....a confused muddle or jumble! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froglet Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 I follow Susie and love her word of the day. I have one of my own - disgrumpled. Not exactly disgruntled but not exactly happy - a lot more than rumpled in spirit! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueFinanceManager Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 I love Spoonerisms and malapropisms - spoonerisms are great when around children when you are trying to be discreet, I mean who hasn't observed a pre-school messy play session and thought 'that looks like a bit of a mucking fess' My favourite malaprop that I read was the old lady who thought she would buy a nice fornicator to wear to a wedding...she meant fascinator 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 I said to a friend at knit and natter - 'can I help you there, that's all a bit of a mucking fuddle' 🤣 that was a new one to her, 'fraid I use it a lot 🤷♀️ anyway, all good she thought it was funny - phew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 On 09/06/2023 at 20:40, sunnyday said: I said to a friend at knit and natter - 'can I help you there, that's all a bit of a mucking fuddle' 🤣 that was a new one to her, 'fraid I use it a lot 🤷♀️ anyway, all good she thought it was funny - phew! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤭. Seeing you in a whole new light!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 On 10/06/2023 at 12:20, Cait said: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤭. Seeing you in a whole new light!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 🤣 Well usually remember to just mutter it quietly to myself 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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