Oop--naughty words?

[melissaworcester]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Dumbledad" wrote:
> I think 
> Vernon's comment is in the midst of such gripping dialogue that 
his 
> language went whoosh over there heads.

Thanks for your comments.

When I read it, I just left out that word.

> Once, when my daughter was young (3?), I was wheeling her around 
our 
> local Supermarket (Tesco's in Woodbridge UK) when she started 
> calling me "You stupid jungle bum" loudly. I told her to stop (it 
> sounds stronger language in the UK than in the USA) and she just 
> wouldn't. Eventually I lost my temper and shouted at her. It was 
> only after that I found out that she was quoting directly from 
> Disney's "Jungle Book"!

My kids have a tendancy to do this, too. My older one could very 
easily start quoting something, even if he didn't realize how strong 
the language was, that's part of what I was afraid of. I could just 
see him finding a new word, thinking it was just a magical made up 
word, sort of like muggle, and teaching it to his younger brother 
before I would be able to put a stop to it...

Melissa