Letter from School quoting Abusive Language

daisiegg

Janepig wrote: »

Lol, is it a local term then? I never knew!

Basically if you don't like something, ie, if you ate something that tasted disgusting you'd say it was "buzzing". In the context it was was used towards DD it would mean that she's ugly.

On a side note, DD played in a netball tournament today and in their last play off match she played against a team that included the girl who messaged her to say she was "buzzing" (she plays in the same position as DD on the other team). Anyway, DD's team beat them soundly (including four goals scored by DD) and I might have just done a teeny tiny bit of gloating :D.

Jx

If I heard 'buzzing' I would think it meant really excited, so it must have regional variations!

Janepig

daisiegg wrote: »

If I heard 'buzzing' I would think it meant really excited, so it must have regional variations!

Yes I suppose we do use it in that context as well, when someone's excited for something you'd say they're buzzing with excitement, but I suppose what doesn't come across on here is the tone with which it's said - if you've ever heard someone saying "ewwwww that's buzzing" then you'd know what it meant!! Plus it's usually pronounced without the "g" sound at the end. :cool:

Jx

Carmina-Piranha_2

So it's like "minging"? What a horrible thing to say to a little girl

I've seen horrible bullying of girls by girls on facebook My 8 year old doesn't have facebook but is feeling peer pressure to get xbox live. I'm not sure - there are kids in his class who play adult rated games, etc. and I would prefer to keep my naive innocent boy away from the more streetwise kids. They don't mix much in the playground, but if he was friends with them online they would socialise much more. In the playground they don't really talk to my boy who is almost a year younger than them and much younger than they are in terms of maturity.

stejobeth

daisiegg wrote: »

If I heard 'buzzing' I would think it meant really excited, so it must have regional variations!

It does, round here it means being off your face on drink/drugs :eek::o

z.n

Carmina-Pihrana
Just to quickly say- my nearly 16 YO is not allowed over 18 games unless I am completely happy with them- eg no sexual violence etc. He thinks I am a bit silly but accepts that it is sweet of me to worry and he can live with it. I do not agree with very young children having games way over their age and my son does not seem to have suffered overly much from being denied them. Age 8-9 is when many parents seem to give in- and once you have you create a rod for your own back. A line is crossed and boy it is hard to step back from it. I am glad I stood firm early on and the truth is that not every child will have these over age games- and learning to cope with the peer pressure thing is part of growing up.

Janepig

Carmina-Piranha wrote: »

So it's like "minging"? What a horrible thing to say to a little girl

I've seen horrible bullying of girls by girls on facebook My 8 year old doesn't have facebook but is feeling peer pressure to get xbox live. I'm not sure - there are kids in his class who play adult rated games, etc. and I would prefer to keep my naive innocent boy away from the more streetwise kids. They don't mix much in the playground, but if he was friends with them online they would socialise much more. In the playground they don't really talk to my boy who is almost a year younger than them and much younger than they are in terms of maturity.

Yes, exactly the same as minging. The child who said it is horrible, a very jealous child, but her mother thinks she's a living saint, I've heard afew mothers say she'd be shocked if she knew what other parents really thought of her daughter. She's very good at the sweet and innocent stuff, she tapped me on the shoulder yesterday at netball to say "hiya Jane", and I of course told her she'd played really well :cool:. This is why I'm really on top of what DD's doing online because I don't want her subjecting anyone to this sort of stuff. Luckily though I think I was more upset about it than she was, she's pretty laid back.

My DS doesn't have facebook or any of that stuff, has no interest. He doesn't have an Xbox but he's got a PS3, he's still into Skylanders and Fifa 14 although there are quite afew children in his class who play Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto, etc... One of the mums was on FB when GTA came out asking where she could get it for her son, and I was really tempted to message her because I don't think she's up to speed on that type of thing and probably doesn't realise the content, but I didn't. It probably answers alot of questions about why alot of DS's classmates are like they are though!

He's friends with all the kids in the playground though, even the ones I'm trying to get him to stay away from. He plays football with one crowd, has a "bug club" going with some others (which involves him lying on his stomach getting filthy as far as I can see) and they all play "spider" together, which is a version of British Bulldogs but they call it "spider" to get past the teachers! So no mention of whatever the PS3 version of Xbox live might be, even if there is such a thing. Thankfully!

Jx

Carmina-Piranha_2

It's where they can chat to each other and play games together, such as Minecraft.

PS3 includes it for free I think, but he doesn't know any children with playstations.

Janepig

Carmina-Piranha wrote: »

It's where they can chat to each other and play games together, such as Minecraft.

PS3 includes it for free I think, but he doesn't know any children with playstations.

DS's best friend has a PS3 but I think an x box is more popular with children their age. DH's fault anyway, he decided he'd rather get him the PS3 instead of an x box afew Christmases ago, but he gets good use of it nonetheless, and my Wii.

He's got loads of money saved, he's the tightest child I know, he's got all birthday and Christmas money from the last few years saved, and all the money MIL gives him (like pocket money, couple of quid every week). He spends nothing, he's his father's son! He's making noises about buying himself an xbox (I'm not paying for it while he's got all that cash and more lying about!) but he just can't bring himself to part with his beloved savings. Anyway, Minecraft is soon to be released on PS3 so once he's got that then probably all thoughts of an xbox will go because that's his main reason for wanting one at the moment.

Jx

PS: Have we gone off topic? :D

emweaver

whodathunkit wrote: »

Why would your children read it unless you gave it to them?

The school would of gave it to the child to take home!

daisiegg

emweaver wrote: »

The school would of gave it to the child to take home!

If you had read the whole thread you would know the letter was sent through the post.