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Cooper

Cooper Report 30 Jun 2011 16:35

No Stan, not PC just always refered to them as such.

My Late Mum and Dad called my Sister and me" children" when talking to people about us, or "the Girls"That only stopped when we had Children of our own
I just suppose its where you come from.
Dad was Irish and Mum from London.

My Aunt from Birmingham refered to my Younger sister as the "babbie" when we were Children( Sister was the last Child on our generation of cousins etc at that time ).
My Sister was not impressed :-D

Teresa

Researching:
Helm Tappenden, Kitchen/Kitchin,(London) Cantwell (southern Ireland)

Florence

Florence Report 30 Jun 2011 16:22

You lot had me thinking ?

I never realised but i have always called my own children!!
but if i,m talking about others i call them kids !

Maybe its the maternal in me? does,nt matter if other people call my children kids. Its something i have done without thinking.

Flo

Harry

Harry Report 30 Jun 2011 16:18

Thank you for the interest. Out-voted on this. Not PC for the word 'children' on my part - just a preference.

Happy days

Stan

Stan Report 30 Jun 2011 16:04

Are you the P.C brigade

I bet the 20 year old likes being called a child

Researching:
Dennis ,Measham .Blount , Polesworth-Baddesley. Taylor Kent,Vidler London

Cooper

Cooper Report 30 Jun 2011 15:19

Mine are 20 and 12 and refered to as Children :-D

My two jobs have included looking after Children so that why i refer to them as such


Teresa :-D

Researching:
Helm Tappenden, Kitchen/Kitchin,(London) Cantwell (southern Ireland)

Rambling

Rambling Report 30 Jun 2011 15:04

kid (n.)
c.1200, "the young of a goat," from O.N. kið "young goat," from P.Gmc. *kiðjom (cf. Ger. kitz). Extended meaning of "child" first recorded as slang 1599, established in informal usage by 1840s.

kidnap
1670s, compound of kid (n.) "child" and nap "snatch away," variant of nab; originally "stealing children to provide servants and laborers in the American colonies."

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UzziAndHerDogs

UzziAndHerDogs Report 30 Jun 2011 14:43

I was a "kid" and guess it stays with me ...Children are so well behaved from the "upper" class .so I'll be a kid or even our kid

Researching:
Turner, Staniforth in Beighton and Ridgeway Sproat in Sheffield and Cumbria

Stan

Stan Report 30 Jun 2011 14:07

Its kids for me and always will be :-P

Researching:
Dennis ,Measham .Blount , Polesworth-Baddesley. Taylor Kent,Vidler London

Merlin

Merlin Report 30 Jun 2011 13:59

Harry, probably because they now have "Nannies" to look after them. re the other part. Sounds like its the Euro,s then You goes. :-S

Researching:
Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Wend,Prickly,Island,GG.+CC.+DIZZY & Mersey.

Harry

Harry Report 30 Jun 2011 13:52

Not of world shattering import but calling children 'kids' seems to have changed from the exception to the rule.

I think 'children' is a lovely word,,and as you might expect from an oldie 'kids' is pretty much the opposite.

Any thoughts?

Happy days

Women prefer men who have something tender about them - particularly of the legal kind. (forgive me girls)

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