Kyra_Ny:
You're only ? years older than me!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" />
Oh, decades older I'm sure.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/stupid.gif" alt="" /> I'll be 58 next Friday (12th) - so plenty of time for last minute present shopping folks. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
But as this has fast become the "Everything is off topic" thread, here are some quotes to doing with language (weren't we talking about languages, and misunderstandings, a page or so back??).
Anyway, I love the direct way that kids often use language - in much the same way as person from another country might not quite get the right meaning.
I was in the shower the other day and my young son came in and had a good stare at me. Eventually he said thoughtfully "Dad is very skinny!"
Now, I'm far from obese, but nobody would ever call me skinny <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> - so why the comment? But we eventually clarified it. Normally I have my clothes on, so I don't show much skin. In the shower it's all skin on show - so by kid's logic I was "very skinny". <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
And another day he was intently watching the water run out of the bath. Wanting to express that the water was disappearing, he shouted excitedly:
"It's getting goner, it's getting goner"! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
And one from a friend's little girl. She had been asked to help by holding a handful of nails - without dropping them - while Dad hammered. But he noticed that a steady trickle of nails was hitting the floor. "hey, you're dropping the nails" says Ken.
"No I'm not dropping them" she said solemnly "they're falling...." <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Kris
