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As Kimmy Gilbert would say ... 'How rude!'
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Yeah, I am guessing the kids were in tow! But I love poems like the one BC posted. And BC is right, The English language at least the English we use here the same words vary so much, even in small areas these days. Is your shopping cart a cart or a buggy? Is your tomato a tOmato or a tAmato?
I will never forget when I went to Sweden as an exchange student and announce to my host family one day when we were out and about "I have to go to the bathroom anyone know where it is?". They looked at me like I had grown extra body parts and then I realized to them to "have" is not something you do, it is something you own. The proper word was "must". Because they use British English. Way different than our lax depends where you live English. I think either way English is hard to learn, but to come here it is likely worse.Comment
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Never heard of it. I refer to them as kids, kidlets, children, littles, etc.
I enjoy the supernanny types every so often. They make me smile.Comment
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I would have just said "That's interesting" followed by "Hey kids, let's get going (or whatever you were doing next)"
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I had a college professor tell me that it is a diminishing term. I don't think it is, so I still use it.
When I say, "Hey kids, let's…." It is usually light hearted and something fun that they will want to do. If I say, "Children…" Well, it's akin to using a full name… they rarely like what's coming next!
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I am ESL and I have to say that after being in this country for almost 20 years and studying the language since childhood, I still don't understand a lot of it. Especially slang, idioms and words with multiple meaning, different spelling.
It took me about 10 years to understand
there, their they're, they are
or two, too, and too
deer and dear................
When someone told me a few years ago A penny for your thoughts, I was upset I didn't get paid....it's funny now, confusing then.
I don't get caught up in that whole politically correct term things unless it would offend their gender. Like the day I opened the front door during daycare and said look the mail man is here and it was a woman. She corrected me and said, your postal carrier is here, then grinned at me... I didn't say anything back, I just felt silly..
here is what the dictionary says about the word kid
informal
a child or young person.
synonyms: child, youngster, little one, baby, toddler, tot, infant, boy/girl, young person, minor, juvenile, adolescent, teenager, youth, stripling; MoreComment
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When I was about 10 I used to make my sister's postal carrier mad. I called her the femailman. She would walk off in a huff but it was funny to me then.Comment
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I have nothing but respect for people who are ESL. They might not always understand the nuances of the language, but they can speak another language while I barely manage one. I'm just in awe.
But yeah, it's kids here too:: I'll have to ask them if they feel slighted or upset in anyway. ::
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Because children as so PC and easily offended, amiright?
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yeah they are....NOOOOTTTTTTT..
I think I told you about a training that I went to and they were saying that when we are working in any field that we deal with people face to face we need to be very careful that we always use PC terms, or we could end up in a law suit....they were so silly I actually LOL in the class and I am pretty sure that the instructor got mad at me.....Comment
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I have one that insists that his name is "Rocket Man" and another that only wants me to address him as Mr "his last name"
...must be the age. ::
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