Quick question about British slang...

[davewitley]

Ebony wrote:
> Hello all--
> 
> Poking my nose about the Newsround site to get a feel for current 
> British kidspeak... what does it mean when some kid says "he's 
fit"?  
> Fit for what?
> 
> --Eb, who notices that British kids use just as much netspeak as 
> their American counterparts... and sends her heartfelt empathy to 
her 
> fellow teachers across the pond

Eb, I think we oldies require a bit more context.  I did a search 
on 'fit' on the Newsround site. I found no recent quotes of kids 
(Newsround does have opportunities for kids to post) using the word 
that way.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/ for anyone else who wants a go.

The pogo stick article just uses 'fit' in the sense of physically 
fit - not kidspeak, and don't you use it in the US?

The burping sheep in New Zealand are probably irrelevant to this 
discussion, but I couldn't resist mentioning them.

If the word was used by the site (rather than kids), then we have to 
consider the possibility that it is adults trying, and failing, to 
use kidspeak.  My daughter gets a magazine called Mizz, and that's 
written (by adults, of course) in a language which I'm not convinced 
any human being, of any age, actually uses IRL.

If it was a quote from a kid then can you point us to it?

Happy New Year

David