Dudley's development

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 92694

> Geoff:
> Looking at one or two comments made by various posters, folks, 
> this /is/ Mrs.Petunia Dursley, wife of the successful director of an 
> engineering company. She would not be carrying her child down the 
> street. (We were fairly ordinary folk and when our flock were at that 
> age and we were out, they were in pushchairs - too darned heavy to 
> carry for any length of time). Also, I can't see Petunia carrying 
> little Dudley (little did I say?) and a bag of sweets at the same 
> time; it wouldn't be quite the right thing in Privet Drive, now would 
> it?...... Can I remind you of Fiona Shaw's analysis of the Dursleys 
> which I quoted in message 92491?
> 
> If he was in a pushchair, then he wouldn't be in a position to kick 
> Mum.
> 
> Also, on the question of speaking, by about 16 months, our children 
> were possessed of a very small vocabulary, and many words would be 
> quite indistinct.
> 
> I still think there's something odd about young DD.



Carol: A sixteen-month-old can walk and could probably kick, and he
can certainly scream "Canny, canny, canny!" (for "Candy, candy,
candy!") or whatever the equivalent baby term for "sweets" is in
British baby talk. One repeated word is all that's needed here. I
really, really think we're dealing with a spoiled brat and not a
precocious little tyke here.

Carol