Out of the (foul) mouths of babes...

geminilady

Many moons ago my little brother picked up a swear word he must have heard in the street.My Grandad had a novel way of dealing with it.He told him he knew a much worse word,"what is it my brother asked?""stinking mackerel" he told him my brother went round saying it for ages still makes me smile

bouicca21

When dd started primary school she came home and told me she had learned some bad words. What are they, I asked. Can't tell you she solemnly replied, they are too rude.

VfM4meplse

McKneff wrote: »

I once was upstairs on a but and the little girl in front of me was with her presumably her dad, she dropped her bar of chocolate and screamed at the top of her voice 'Ive dropped me (text removed by MSE Forum Team) Kit Kat....

If you were astride the top of a but you're in no position to judge

Deep_In_Debt

A couple of years ago, my mum who was 81 at the time, was in the street in a distressed state looking for her cat. A little boy on a bike in school uniform, probably aged about 6 or 7 came around the corner. Mum went up to him and politely asked if he had seen her cat and if not, could he look out for her. The little boy's mum appeared from around the corner and the little boy shouted to his mum - "this old woman has lost her stupid cat" - his mother replied as she passed my mum - "stupid f'ing old b'tch". When mum told me, she said it was all water off a duck's back now and she was used to it.

There was a woman who lived in my street who had a few kids. Her son who was about 11 or 12 at the time was a trouble maker. We would regularly hear her call her son a little "c...".

MacMickster

A friend who is a supply teacher once told me about covering a reception class. In the afternoon the class sat down while she told them the story of the 3 little pigs.

When she got to the line "the wolf huffed and he puffed and he blew the house down" an exclamation came from a 4 year old at the back of the class "The b*!tard".

DigForVictory

My lads know various words are not acceptable in my hearing. My scouts have picked up on that & while there might be a few words wrestling with pitching tents etc, they usually apologise.
It's intriguing when new folk move up or join - as some words are vehement & heartfelt & then apologised for & you can see eyes widen as an alternative way of doing things percolates.

pinkshoes

heuchera wrote: »

That would have got you expelled (or at the very least suspended) back when I was at school. But apparently they're not even allowed to exclude pupils these days.. I despair.

The child in question got 1.5 days internal exclusion (just had to sit in year head's office and do his work all day), but I agree if that had been happened 20 years ago, then ineed it would have been expulsion at most schools!

After swearing in my face and storming out, a minute later he obviously realised he had done as I had asked and came back to square up to me again, refusing to leave the dining hall and asked me what I was going to do about it. I had to go fetch a male and more senior member of staff!

Permanent exclusion is a tedious and expensive process that often fails, and if you are lucky enough to get one excluded, it just puts you top of the list to take on another that has been excluded from elsewhere!

I really wish schools and councils would put behaviour management at the very top of their priority list, supporting teachers when dealing with foul mouthed little urchins!

bossymoo

Really dislike swearing. Very occasionally (banging funny bone? - why do they call it that?) a profanity pops out but other than that my children don't hear foul language from me.

DS (6) Was chattering away one afternoon on the way home from school. "Jack said a naughty word today, mum" "Did he really? That's not nice. I hope you haven't been saying any?" "No, mum, do you want to know what he said?" "No, pet, if it's naughty, it's best you don't say it" "OK mum, I'll just tell you it begins with an I"

Well I'm racking my brains for a swear word beginning with I. In the end I gave in and asked DS what it was. After some coercion he whispered in my ear "idiot"

meritaten

bossymoo wrote: »

Really dislike swearing. Very occasionally (banging funny bone? - why do they call it that?) a profanity pops out but other than that my children don't hear foul language from me.

DS (6) Was chattering away one afternoon on the way home from school. "Jack said a naughty word today, mum" "Did he really? That's not nice. I hope you haven't been saying any?" "No, mum, do you want to know what he said?" "No, pet, if it's naughty, it's best you don't say it" "OK mum, I'll just tell you it begins with an I"

Well I'm racking my brains for a swear word beginning with I. In the end I gave in and asked DS what it was. After some coercion he whispered in my ear "idiot"

rofl! jeez you have a very nicely brought up child there!!!

sometimes it IS however either you mishear or the child has got words muddled up.
My oldest grandson (now 17) flummoxed his mother when he was about 3, by waking her at stupid O'clock in the morning and asking 'Have you seen my bollox'? groggily, she told him that actually they are called Testicles and we don't use that word for them. He looked at her a little puzzled, then asked very quietly 'Mum have you seen the bollox for my gun'? he meant the foam pellets it fired! even HE knew mum was using the wrong word!

sacha28

Well I started to read this thinking it was going to be light-hearted....oh how wrong I was!

Not all children that have a sweary outburst are dragged up. My lovely DS has impeccable manners, is very caring and well rounded and he still managed to embarrass me at the weekend by shouting, at the top of his voice 'look at the size of that effing chair!'. He could have picked it up anywhere we've been this week - sainsbury's, the MOT garage, B&Q, you know....anywhere there happens to be other people that are not as mindful of their language as most parents are.

There are some judgmental folk about.....