Another homeschool fail

[Bocky]

Me: Oh, shoot.

Dd12: You can't use that word.

Me: It's a replacement word, not an actual bad word.

Dd12: It's a bad word here in England.

Me: Dd, where do you live?

 

I think I might have assigned too much British literature... for the record, we live in America.

[Hen]

:laugh:

 

um, yeah, Ron Weasly uses Bl** dy He*l too often in the HP movies, I had to remind the kids that it is a really not-nice phrase in England and to not use it.

[Ali in OR]

I use to prefer all of the British spellings like colour instead of color, also from too much Brit Lit I'm sure.

[ktgrok]

:laugh:

 

um, yeah, Ron Weasly uses Bl** dy He*l too often in the HP movies, I had to remind the kids that it is a really not-nice phrase in England and to not use it.

 

Where as I think my DH would LOVE it if the kids started saying that phrase. I'm sure of it, actually. 

[Ausmumof3]

I use to prefer all of the British spellings like colour instead of color, also from too much Brit Lit I'm sure.

No it's cause they're inherently better

 

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[alisoncooks]

Me: Oh, shoot.

Dd12: You can't use that word.

Me: It's a replacement word, not an actual bad word.

Dd12: It's a bad word here in England.

Me: Dd, where do you live?

 

I think I might have assigned too much British literature... for the record, we live in America.

LOL!

I found out a couple of weeks ago that DD thought we lived in South America. *sigh*

[theelfqueen]

Do you live in the American South?

 

I always think of Ron's Bloody H*ll as the stoner "F*ing A!" of my younger days!

[mamiof5]

Lol! Just a little disoriented, that's all 😂

[Bocky]

Where as I think my DH would LOVE it if the kids started saying that phrase. I'm sure of it, actually. 

 

I think "Bl***y ***l" is Ron's signature phrase. Favorite Brit word in our house at the moment is "jolly", as in the "the jolly dog has done it again."

[Bocky]

No it's cause they're inherently better

 

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My dds would strenuously disagree. I may happen to be an ex-pat Kiwi, and my resulting vowel sounds have rendered many a spelling lesson deeply challenging for my hapless American daughters.

Me: "Worr-terr."

Dd: "Mom, can you say it in American?" 

Me: "um, wah-tah?"

Dd: "How many "r"s?"