Out of the mouths of babes....

[arcadianagain]

I was playing pretend driving with my grandaughter, four in September, and I asked her what Mummy shouted at louage (shared taxis) drivers, "fu**ing idiots" came the reply. Hard not to keep a straight face.

[pharvey]

Just been reminded about a bit on the radio (UK) a little while back.

The "story" was on how children took to their given names. The one story that made me laugh out loud was about a kid named Benjamin. Obviously family and friends called him Ben - for years he thought his middle name was "Jamin"!!

[MDMK]

3 little boys aged 4, all live here in my street, were playing on the pavement that runs parallel to my garden.

I know the 3 dads
dad A is a baggage handler at the airport
dad B is a paramedic in the ambulance service
dad C works in the tax office (inland revenue) at quite a high position

They can't see me behind my fence but I can hear them fine, so I listen into their conversation which is all about how cool their dads are, but A and B were really over-egging their case and exaggerating their dads jobs, so much so little C just couldn't compete

Boy A boasts "well my dad has the best job, he is so cool, he flies massive planes all over the world"
(=baggage handler)

Boy B boasts "well my dad has the best job, he saves lives and runs into burning building and puts out massive fires"
(= paramedic)

Boy C, totally deflated but honest reports "my dad doesn't even have a job, he just sits in an office all day"
(= inland revenue)

I guess to a 4 yr old a job doesn't even exist unless it's exciting

[dtaai-maai]

I was playing pretend driving with my grandaughter, four in September, and I asked her what Mummy shouted at louage (shared taxis) drivers, "fu**ing idiots" came the reply.

My grandson will be 2 next month and speaks, with great conviction, a language that only my daughter understands. I occasionally remind her that one of her first words was "dipstick".

[arcadianagain]

I read of a family who were horrified when their baby`s first word was "Alexa"