Today naughty word: Beaver

[yendi]

So, as we're taking Miss Kid to school, she asks if we've seen The Haunted Mansion.

"No, and if there's anything resembling a merciful God, I never will," I don't quite say. Actually, I think that I only got the first word of that sentence out, but I was thinking the rest.

"Well, it's a great movie." Our daughter is a little less picky than I am. "But there's one curse word in it."

shadesong and I pause, unsure if we should ask, since telling one's daughter to repeat a swear isn't something one does, in general.

Reading our thoughts, she says, "beaver."

We pause, again. Beaver? Now, she's gotten exposed to a swear word or five before. Seen movies where the word "shit" might get uttered once or twice, and certainly heard her share of lesser words. But beaver only becomes a bad word when it's used in a pretty damned sexual context, and nothing she sees should use it that way.

We pause again. Elayna fills in the blank. "He says beaver you over and over."

We're really kind of confused, but Elayna catches us up.

"You know, damn. Because beavers make dams, so I say beaver instead."

shadesong and I both breathe a sigh of relief.

Although I'm now worried about what will happen the next time this comes up, say, in school.

Comments

[amokk]

These kids and their crazy slang...

[eyewrist.livejournal.com]

hahahha!! I love Elayna stories :o)

That rocks.

[seanhtaylor.livejournal.com]

That's just too cute. That's like when our kids were watching Spider-Man, and my son says, "Ooh, Daddy, he just said a bad word."

"And what word was that?" I say, instantly regretting the question.

"He said 'shut up,'" says my son.

"Yes he did," I say. "Yes he did."

[trochee.livejournal.com]

I thought "stupid" was a bad word until I was about 7. Then I realized it was the sentiment, not the taboo nature of the word. Actual taboo swearing, I didn't learn until I got it from my junior high-school teacher, who swore like a drunk, horny sailor.

[yendi]

:-) Elayna refers to "shut up" as "the s-h" word.

I'm just so happy that she doesn't think about the possibility of another "s-h" word.

[alladinsane.livejournal.com]

The discourse on Nick's The Angry Beavers ought ot be real interesting...

My brother got the express route on learning cursing when he was Elayna's size...just listening to our dad discuss business on the phone for 15 minutes will get you enough words to make a ghetto rapper blush...

[unwilly.livejournal.com]

"Nice beaver."

"Thanks, I just had it stuffed."

[yendi]

That was our first thought.

Nice thing about that scene, of course, is that it would go over Elayna's head (although the lovemaking scene later in the film with the body-sized condoms means that we wouldn't show it to her yet).

[unwilly.livejournal.com]

Heh, body condoms.

Check out the Greek Olympic mascots. They look like giant condoms.

[dandelion-diva.livejournal.com]

I really like the way she thinks. :)

Gessi

[yendi]

Me too! :-)

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

Your daughter is my hero. That is priceless.

[yendi]

She's my hero too. :-)

[correspondguy.livejournal.com]

At Denison University, there is, and I kid you not, an all-women dorm named Beaver Hall.