Kid/Adult Translations

[azurelunatic]

This morning just now, I introduced the Little Fayoumis to the polite, adult translation for "Booooo-ring!", which is, "I don't find that very interesting."

It's really the same thing, although one of them sounds ever so much more adult.

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[iroshi.livejournal.com]

Actually, the reason one is more adult than the other is that "boring" is a judgment on what is being said. The other is simply a statement of personal preference. Which is what makes the first insulting, and the second not. When Chris goes on and on about the details of why he wants one guitar over another...it's not boring in and of itself. Any other guitar player would find it fascinating. I, personally, get uninterested in it after a short while. See the difference? :)

[azurelunatic]

Yes.

Though many people seem to conflate "this is something that makes me bored" with "this thing is inherently boring".

[dustraven.livejournal.com]

I've always liked the phrase "or, we could do something fun."

Not exactly PC, but certainly more clever than "Booooo-ring!"

[azurelunatic]

Hee.

This is the kid who was worried about and didn't like the child care at the women's center because he thought it was supposed to be school, and his reason for disliking it was because he never learned anything there, it was just toys and TV.

[dustraven.livejournal.com]

He didn't like it because it was only toys and TV with none of that educational schoolwork?

Weird kid.

[azurelunatic]

He was concerned because I said I was going to class, so he figured he must be too, and he knew it wasn't any sort of proper school. After I told him that it wasn't supposed to be a school for him, and he should just relax and have fun with JD, then he was all hyped up about it.

[iroshi.livejournal.com]

Did I ever tell you that I complained about not having any homework when I was little, because when we got home from school, all my friends and sisters had homework to do, and no one would play with me. So I wanted homework, too! Except that I got all my schoolwork done at school, so I never had any homework leftover.

My principal gave me a workbook on mythology. I got about halfway through it before I quit doing the work part and just read the stories. :) But still, it gave me something to *do* while everybody else was doing homework. Mrs. Nichols *rocked*.

[azurelunatic]

Nice!

I told his mom about that last night, and we concluded that this was an excellent sign -- he'll be the first one to complain if he isn't learning anything in school.